SEPARA'TION, noun [L. separatio.] 1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; disjunction; as the separation of the soul from the body. 2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconection. All the days of his separation he is holy to the lord. Numbers 6:4. 3. The operation of disuniting or decomposing substances; chimical analysis. 4. Divorce; disunion of married persons.
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