separation
Webster 1828
SEPARA'TION, noun [L. separatio.]1. The act of separating, severing or disconnecting; disjunction; as the separation of the soul from the body.2. The state of being separate; disunion; disconection.All the days of his separation he is holy to the lord. Numbers 6:4.3. The operation of disuniting or decomposing substances; chimical analysis.4. Divorce; disunion of married persons