Separateness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Separateness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Separateness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
separateness n the state of being several and distinct [syn: discreteness, distinctness, separateness, severalty] political independence; "seeking complete political separateness for Taiwan" the quality of being not alike; being distinct or different from that otherwise experienced or known Synonym(s): otherness, distinctness, separateness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Separate \Sep"arate\, p. a. [L. separatus, p. p. ] 1. Divided from another or others; disjoined; disconnected; separated; -- said of things once connected. Him that was separate from his brethren. --Gen. xlix. 26. 2. Unconnected; not united or associated; distinct; -- said of things that have not been connected. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinnere. --Heb. vii. 26. 3. Disunited from the body; disembodied; as, a separate spirit; the separate state of souls. {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. -- {Sep"arately}, adv. -- {Sep"arate*ness}, n.