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English

Noun

separateness

The property of being separate.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Separate \Sep"a*rate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ]
1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected;
separated; -- said of things once connected.
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Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen.
xlix. 26.
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2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said
of things that have not been connected.
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For such an high priest became us, who is holy,
harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb.
vii. 26.
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3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate
spirit; the separate state of souls.
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Separate estate (Law), an estate limited to a married woman
independent of her husband.

Separate maintenance (Law), an allowance made to a wife by
her husband under deed of separation.
[1913 Webster] -- Sep"a*rate*ly, adv. --
Sep"a*rate*ness, n.
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WordNet separateness
n 1: the state of being several and distinct [syn: discreteness,
distinctness, severalty]
2: political independence; "seeking complete political
separateness for Taiwan"
3: the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different
from that otherwise experienced or known [syn: otherness,
distinctness]

Moby Dictionary
alienation , aloneness , aloofness , anarchy , apartheid , celibacy ,
chaos , confusion , contrariety , contrast , departure , detachment ,
deviation , difference , diffusion , disaccord , disaccordance ,
disagreement , disassociation , disconformity , discongruity ,
disconnection , discontinuity , discordance , discrepancy ,
discreteness , disjunction , disjuncture , dislocation , disorder ,
disparity , dispersal , dispersion , dissent , dissimilarity ,
dissociation , dissolution , dissonance , distinction , distinctness ,
divergence , divergency , diversity , entropy , far cry , heterogeneity ,
immateriality , impertinence , inaccordance , inapplicability ,
inappositeness , incoherence , incompatibility , incongruity ,
inconnection , inconsequence , inconsistency , inconsonance ,
independence , inequality , inharmoniousness , inharmony ,
irreconcilability , irrelation , irrelevance , isolation ,
keeping apart , loneliness , loneness , lonesomeness , mixture ,
moving apart , nonadhesion , noncohesion , nonconformity , odds ,
opposition , otherness , privacy , scattering , seclusion , separation ,
separatism , sequestration , single blessedness , solitariness ,
solitude , splendid isolation , unadherence , unadhesiveness ,
unconformity , unconnectedness , unlikeness , unorthodoxy ,
unrelatedness , untenacity , variance , variation , variegation ,
variety , withdrawal