Separation ˌsepəˈreɪʃn Clear Church State State’s Eventual Noun

• the state’s eventual separation from the federation
• the need for a clear separation between church and state
• they were reunited after a separation of more than 20 years.
• prolonged separations of this kind are damaging to very young children.

separation

1. the act of separating people or things; the state of being separate
• the state’s eventual separation from the federation
• the need for a clear separation between Church and State
2. a period of time that people spend apart from each other
• They were reunited after a separation of more than 20 years.
• Prolonged separations of this kind are damaging to very young children.
3. a decision that a husband and wife make to live apart while they are still legally married
• compare divorce
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/divorce_1
• a legal separation
• Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage.

Extra Examples

• She is visiting her family after a long separation.
• the clear separation of powers between the executive and the legislature
• the constitutional principle of separation of powers
• the constitutional separation of church and state
• the separation between Mary and her husband
• the separation from his wife
• the separation of children from their parents during the war
• All children will tend to suffer from separation from their parents, siblings and familiar surroundings.
• He argued for the need for a clear separation between Church and State.
• Many years passed before the state’s eventual separation from the federation.
• She would not consider separation or divorce.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: via Old French from Latin separatio(n-), from separare ‘disjoin, divide’, from se- ‘apart’ + parare ‘prepare’.