noun
1 being apart
ADJECTIVE
▪ complete , total
▪ clear , rigid , strict
▪ long
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She is visiting her family after a long ~.
▪ physical , spatial
▪ constitutional
▪
the constitutional ~ of church and state
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
the clear ~ of powers between the executive and the legislature
▪ ~ from
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the ~ of children from their parents during the war
PHRASES
▪ ~ anxiety (= fear that a child feels when separated from its parents)
▪
A common example of ~ anxiety occurs when children are left at day care.
▪ ~ of powers
▪
the constitutional principle of ~ of powers
2 when a married couple lives apart
ADJECTIVE
▪ formal , judicial ( BrE ), legal
▪ trial
▪ parental ( esp. AmE )
SEPARATION + NOUN
▪ agreement ( esp. AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ between
▪
the ~ between Mary and her husband
▪ ~ from
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the ~ from his wife