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severable, removable, fissile, scissile: Unfortunately, as
history demonstrates, morality and religion are separable.
separate v. 1 disjoin, pull or take or break apart, come or fall apart,
fall or take or break to pieces, split or divide or break (up),
split or break (off or away), disconnect, disengage, part,
partition, sort (out), uncouple, disarticulate, disassemble,
unhook, detach, disunite, unyoke, disentangle, unravel: In
order to clean it, I first have to separate all the individual
elements of the motor. The glue didn't hold, and the vase
separated into a dozen fragments. Separate this yarn into
different piles. 2 distinguish, discriminate, analyse, sort,
break down, classify, segregate, single out, sequester, type,
codify, organize, split up; group, collate: What criteria are
used to separate the men from the boys, the sheep from the
goats, or the wheat from the chaff? 3 split or break up, part
(company), divide (up), disband, divorce: After ten years we
separated, and each went our own way. 4 fork, split (up or
off), bifurcate, diverge, branch: Beyond the river, the road to
Norton separates from the main road.
--adj. 5 divided, separated, disjoined, disconnected, detached,
isolated, discrete, distinct, individual, independent, solitary,
different: Sort these books by subject into separate piles. 6
different, independent, unrelated, other: How you behave when
you are not at home is a separate matter. 7 withdrawn,
solitary, alone, shut or closed off or away, apart, detached,
removed, cloistered, secluded, sequestered, isolated, separated:
He prefers a separate existence, far away from the rest of the
world.
separately
adv. individually, independently, singly, one by one, one at a
time, personally, alone, severally: Each child approached
separately to wish her Bon Voyage.
separation
n. 1 rift, break, split, split-up, divorce, break-up, disunion,
estrangement: Their separation, after forty years, was a
surprise. 2 partition, division, split, schism, dividing line,
dissociation, disassociation, severance: The United States
constitution provides for the separation of church and state. 3
disintegration, shattering, break-up, fragmentation,