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Separation

The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

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Alteration 76% connected

The act of altering or making different.

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Cessation 76% connected

A ceasing or discontinuance, as of action, whether temporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Distance 76% connected

The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separati…

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Modification 76% connected

The act of modifying, or the state of being modified; a modified form or condition; state as modified; a change; as, the modification of an opinion,…

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Resultant 76% connected

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

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Sorting 76% connected

of Sort

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Space 76% connected

Extension, considered independently of anything which it may contain; that which makes extended objects conceivable and possible.

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State 76% connected

The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.

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Surcease 76% connected

Cessation; stop; end.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Narrower term 37

Avulsion 76% connected

A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.

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Breach 76% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Clearance 76% connected

The act of clearing; as, to make a thorough clearance.

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Detachment 76% connected

The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

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Disconnection 76% connected

The act of disconnecting, or state of being disconnected; separation; want of union.

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Discontinuity 76% connected

Want of continuity or cohesion; disunion of parts.

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Disengagement 76% connected

The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

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Disjuncture 76% connected

The act of disjoining, or state of being disjoined; separation.

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Dissociation 76% connected

The act of dissociating or disuniting; a state of separation; disunion.

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Distinctness 76% connected

The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.

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Disunion 76% connected

The termination of union; separation; disjunction; as, the disunion of the body and the soul.

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Divergence 76% connected

Alt. of Divergency

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Divergency 76% connected

A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines.

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Division 76% connected

The act or process of diving anything into parts, or the state of being so divided; separation.

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Divorce 76% connected

A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically…

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Divorcement 76% connected

Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation.

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Isolation 76% connected

The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.

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Partition 76% connected

The act of parting or dividing; the state of being parted; separation; division; distribution; as, the partition of a kingdom.

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Remotion 76% connected

The act of removing; removal.

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

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Rift 76% connected

p. p. of Rive.

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Rupture 76% connected

The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the ruptu…

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Secession 76% connected

The act of seceding; separation from fellowship or association with others, as in a religious or political organization; withdrawal.

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Seclusion 76% connected

The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; separation from society or connection; a withdrawing; privacy; as, to live in seclusion.

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Segmentation 76% connected

The act or process of dividing into segments; specifically (Biol.), a self-division into segments as a result of growth; cell cleavage; cell multipli…

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Segregation 76% connected

The act of segregating, or the state of being segregated; separation from others; a parting.

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Separatism 76% connected

The character or act of a separatist; disposition to withdraw from a church; the practice of so withdrawing.

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Severalty 76% connected

A state of separation from the rest, or from all others; a holding by individual right.

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Severance 76% connected

The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.

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Sifting 76% connected

of Sift

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Tear 76% connected

A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moiste…

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Threshing 76% connected

of Thresh

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Winnow 76% connected

To separate chaff from grain.

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Winnowing 76% connected

of Winnew

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Withdrawal 76% connected

The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction.

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Derivationally related 6

Part 74% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Part 74% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Separate 74% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Separate 74% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Split 74% connected

of Split

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Split 74% connected

of Split

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Attribute 2

Separate 66% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Separate 66% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Synonym 3

Breakup 92% connected

the termination or disintegration of a relationship (between persons or nations)

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Detachment 92% connected

The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

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Interval 92% connected

A space between things; a void space intervening between any two objects; as, an interval between two houses or hills.

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Antonym 2

Unification 94% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Unification 94% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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