separation

The act or process of moving apart or forcing something apart.

The condition of being apart, especially the condition of two people who had lived together or been married living in different places.

An interval or space that separates; a gap.

The process of sorting or distinguishing into different components, groups, or categories.

The condition of being so sorted or distinguished.

The voluntary cessation by spouses of cohabitation and other marital relations.

A formal legal severing of the relations between spouses that does not dissolve the marriage as in divorce.