separation
/ˌsɛp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ noun B1- The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
- The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another.
- The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
- An agreement legalizing such an arrangement.
- The place at which a division occurs.
- An interval, gap or space that separates things or people.
- An object that separates two spaces.
- Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.
Plural separations
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Bennet was forced to submit to a separation, which, as her husband by no means entered into her scheme of their all going to Newcastle, was likely to continue at least a twelvemonth.
Elizabeth had now but little time for conversation with her sister; for while he was present Jane had no attention to bestow on anyone else: but she found herself considerably useful to both of them, in those hours of separation that must sometimes occur.
The lady was very beautiful, but the fact of her foreign birth and of her alien religion always caused a separation of interests and of feelings between husband and wife, so that after a time his love may have cooled towards her and he may have come to regard their union as a mistake.
On Sunday, after morning service, the separation, so agreeable to almost all, took place.
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