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severable, removable, fissile, scissile: Unfortunately, as<br />

history demonstrates, morality and religion are separable.<br />

separate v. 1 disjoin, pull or take or break apart, come or fall apart,<br />

fall or take or break to pieces, split or divide or break (up),<br />

split or break (off or away), disconnect, disengage, part,<br />

partition, sort (out), uncouple, disarticulate, disassemble,<br />

unhook, detach, disunite, unyoke, disentangle, unravel: In<br />

order to clean it, I first have to separate all the individual<br />

elements of the motor. The glue didn't hold, and the vase<br />

separated into a dozen fragments. Separate this yarn into<br />

different piles. 2 distinguish, discriminate, analyse, sort,<br />

break down, classify, segregate, single out, sequester, type,<br />

codify, organize, split up; group, collate: What criteria are<br />

used to separate the men from the boys, the sheep from the<br />

goats, or the wheat from the chaff? 3 split or break up, part<br />

(company), divide (up), disband, divorce: After ten years we<br />

separated, and each went our own way. 4 fork, split (up or<br />

off), bifurcate, diverge, branch: Beyond the river, the road to<br />

Norton separates from the main road.<br />

--adj. 5 divided, separated, disjoined, disconnected, detached,<br />

isolated, discrete, distinct, individual, independent, solitary,<br />

different: Sort these books by subject into separate piles. 6<br />

different, independent, unrelated, other: How you behave when<br />

you are not at home is a separate matter. 7 withdrawn,<br />

solitary, alone, shut or closed off or away, apart, detached,<br />

removed, cloistered, secluded, sequestered, isolated, separated:<br />

He prefers a separate existence, far away from the rest of the<br />

world.<br />

separately<br />

adv. individually, independently, singly, one by one, one at a<br />

time, personally, alone, severally: Each child approached<br />

separately to wish her Bon Voyage.<br />

separation<br />

n. 1 rift, break, split, split-up, divorce, break-up, disunion,<br />

estrangement: Their separation, after forty years, was a<br />

surprise. 2 partition, division, split, schism, dividing line,<br />

dissociation, disassociation, severance: The United States<br />

constitution provides for the separation of church and state. 3<br />

disintegration, shattering, break-up, fragmentation,

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