Antonyms of noun separation

1 of 9 senses of separation

Sense 1
separation -- (the state of lacking unity)
       Antonym of union (Sense 4)
      => union, unification -- (the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun separation

9 senses of separation

Sense 1
separation -- (the state of lacking unity)
       => state -- (the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state")

Sense 2
separation, breakup, detachment -- (coming apart)
       => change, alteration, modification -- (an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago")

Sense 3
interval, separation -- (the distance between things; "fragile items require separation and cushioning")
       => distance -- (the property created by the space between two objects or points)

Sense 4
separation -- (sorting one thing from others; "the separation of wheat from chaff"; "the separation of mail by postal zones")
       => sorting -- (grouping by class or kind or size)

Sense 5
separation -- (the social act of separating or parting company; "the separation of church and state")
       => group action -- (action taken by a group of people)

Sense 6
separation -- (the space where a division or parting occurs; "he hid in the separation between walls")
       => space -- (an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space")

Sense 7
separation -- (the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal))
       => result, resultant, final result, outcome, termination -- (something that results; "he listened for the results on the radio")

Sense 8
legal separation, separation -- ((law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order))
       => cessation, surcease -- (a stopping; "a cessation of the thunder")

Sense 9
separation -- (the act of dividing or disconnecting)
       => change of integrity -- (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)