1. (n.) The act of separating, or the state of being separated, or separate.

2. (n.) Chemical analysis.

3. (n.) Divorce.

4. (n.) The operation of removing water from steam.

Jim Crow aberration aesthetic distance alien alienation alteration analysis analyzation anatomization anatomizing anatomy annulment apartheid apartness assay assaying atomization barrier bolting brattice breach breach of friendship break breakdown breaking down breaking up breakup broken home broken marriage buffer buffer state bulkhead bumper centrifugence change clarification clearance cleavage cleft cloison colature collision mat color bar compass contradistinction cordon cordon sanitaire cordoning off cushion deactivation decentralization decree of nullity deep space demarcation demobilization deployment depths of space destructive distillation desynonymization detachment deviation diaphragm diaspora dichotomy differencing differentiation disaffection disassociation disbandment disconnection discrimination disequalization disfavor disintegration disjointedness disjunction dismemberment dismissal disorganization dispersal dispersion disruption dissection dissepiment dissociation dissolution dissolution of marriage distance distillation distinction distinctiveness distinguishment disunion disunity divarication divergence divergency diversification dividedness dividing line dividing wall division divorce divorcement docimasy edulcoration elution elutriation essentialization estrangement ethnocentrism exclusiveness extent extraction falling-out fanning fanning out farness fender filtering filtration fission foreigner fracture fracturing fragmentation grasswidowhood gravimetric analysis hairsplitting individualization individuation infinity insularity insulation interlocutory decree interseptum isolation isolationism keeping apart know-nothingism leaching leeway length light-years lixiviation margin mat microscopic distinction midriff midsection mileage modification narrowness nice distinction nuance open rupture out-group outcast outsider pad panel paries parochialism parsecs particularization parting partition party wall percolation persona non grata personalization perspective piece privacy privatism privatization property line proximate analysis purification quantitative analysis quarantine quarantine flag race hatred racial segregation range reach recall of ambassadors recess reclusion reduction to elements refinement release remoteness resolution retirement retreat riddling rift rupture rustication sanitary cordon schism scission screening seclusion secrecy segmentation segregation semimicroanalysis separate maintenance separateness separatism septulum septum sequestration severalization severance shade of difference shattering shedding shock pad sieving sifting snobbishness space span specialization spiritualization splaying splendid isolation split split-up splitting spread spreading spreading out straining stranger stretch stride subdivision sublimation subtle distinction tightness trichoschistism trichotomy variation wall way ways winnowing withdrawal xenophobia yellow flag