n.
1.the act of dividing or disconnecting
2.coming apart
3.the state of lacking unity
4.the distance between things
5.sorting one thing from others
6.the social act of separating or parting company
7.the space where a division or parting occurs
8.termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal)
9.(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order)
Idiom of the Day
paint oneself into a corner
to get into a bad situation that is difficult or impossible to get out of
My friend has painted himself into a corner now that he has begun to fight with his supervisor.