separación

Definitions of separación
  1. noun
    the act of dividing or disconnecting
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    disociación
    the act of removing from association
    secesión
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
    desconexión, disyunción
    the act of breaking a connection
    escisión
    the act or process of dividing
    eliminación
    the act of removing
    circunscripción, división, partición, partija, segmentación
    the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart
    escapada, ruptura
    the act of breaking away or withdrawing from
    bisección
    dividing into two equal parts
    cisma
    division of a group into opposing factions
    cortadura, corte, desmonte, recorte, tajo
    the act of cutting something into parts
    fragmentación, minifundismo
    separating something into fine particles
    ramificación
    the act of branching out or dividing into branches
    silabeo
    forming or dividing words into syllables
    rasgadura, rasgón
    the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
    obtención
    the act of withdrawing or removing something
    obtención
    the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force)
    autotomía
    spontaneous removal or casting off of a body part (as the tail of a lizard or claw of a lobster) especially when the organism is injured or under attack
    descontaminación
    the removal of contaminants
    supresión
    the act of deleting something written or printed
    denudación
    the removal of covering
    descargo, descargue, vaciado
    the act of removing the contents of something
    aclarado, enjuague
    the removal of soap with clean water in the final stage of washing
    corte, desmonte, recorte, tajo
    the division of a deck of cards before dealing
    zonación
    dividing an area into zones or sections reserved for different purposes such as residence and business and manufacturing etc
  2. noun
    coming apart
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    brecha, rompimiento, rotura, ruptura
    a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
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    cambio, modificación
    an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
  3. noun
    avoiding emotional involvement
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    desapego, despreocupación, indiferencia, indiferentismo
    unbiased impartial unconcern
  4. noun
    the state of lacking unity
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    unión
    the state of being joined or united or linked
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    distinción
    the state of being several and distinct
    aislamiento
    a state of separation between persons or groups
    discontinuidad
    lack of connection or continuity
    desconexión, disyunción
    state of being disconnected
    disociación
    the state of being unconnected in memory or imagination
    cuarentena
    enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
    estrechez de miras, insularidad
    the state of being isolated or detached
    alejamiento, enajenación, extrañeza
    separation resulting from hostility
    privacidad, reserva
    the condition of being concealed or hidden
    incoherencia
    lack of cohesion or clarity or organization
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    estado
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
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