SEPARATIONS

The state of lacking unity

Coming apart

The distance between things

Example: "Fragile items require separation and cushioning"

Sorting one thing from others

Example: "The separation of wheat from chaff"

The social act of separating or parting company

Example: "The separation of church and state"

The space where a division or parting occurs

Example: "He hid in the separation between walls"

The termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)

(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)

The act of dividing or disconnecting