LEGAL SEPARATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
   Synonym(s)
   • separation (what does separation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legal separation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • cessation (what does cessation mean?)
   • surcease (what does surcease mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   • part (what does part mean?)
   • split up (what does split up mean?)
   • split (what does split mean?)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart
   Synonym(s)
   • judicial separation (what does judicial separation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legal separation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)