Definition of "separation" noun countable and uncountable , plural separations
The act or condition of two or more people being separated from one another . quotations examples
Quotations We were a band of brothers , and never dearer to each other than now . The thought which gave us the most pain , was the probable separation which would now take place , in case we were sold off to the far south , as we were likely to be .
1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 19, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York, Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […]
The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married . quotations
(law) An agreement legalizing such an arrangement . quotations examples
Quotations “You are deserting me ?”“Don ’t be the neglected , dramatic wife , Scarlett . The rôle isn ’t becoming . I take it, then , you do not want a divorce or even a separation Well , then , I ’ll come back often enough to keep gossip down .”
1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, chapter 63, in Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944,