1 | noun | the state of lacking unity 2 | noun | coming apart 3 | noun | the distance between things 4 | noun | sorting one thing from others 5 | noun | the social act of separating or parting company 6 | noun | the space where a division or parting occurs 7 | noun | the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) 8 | noun | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) 9 | noun | the act of dividing or disconnecting (9 meanings)

s, eper'eyshuhn (IPA: sˌɛpɝˈeɪʃən)

sep-a-ra-tion (10 letters | 4 syllables)

1413 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (613 years ago)

Old French | Latin | French

written: 4431st most common (1 in 50000 words) ( > 99% noun)

spoken: 4347th most common (1 in 333333 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

separations

breakup | detachment | interval | legal separation

union | relationship | collection

disassociation | disconnectedness | disconnection | discontinuity | discreteness | disjunction | disjuncture | distinctness | isolation | separateness | severalty | breach | break | falling out | rift | ... (total: 49)

state | alteration | change | modification | distance | sorting | group action | space | final result | outcome | result | resultant | termination | cessation | surcease | change of integrity (total: 16)

abbreviation | abdication | aberration | abomination | abrogation | acceleration | acclimation | accommodation | accreditation | accumulation | accusation | acidification | activation | adaptation | adjudication | ... (total: 671) (based on typical American pronunciation)

reparation

(none among common words)

grade separation | judicial separation | legal separation | separation energy

Six Degrees of Separation

separation.com | separation.net | separation.org | separation.info | separation.biz (total: 5)

(none)

12 (International English) | 12 (North American English)