Editing Separation (section)

==Law and politics==
* [[Marital separation]], when a married couple ceases living together without a divorce
** [[Legal separation]], a legal status where married couples may disentangle their finances without divorce
* [[Nonconformity to the world]] (separation from the world), a belief among some Protestant religious groups that the members of a church should be separate from "the world"
* Political separation ([[separatism]]), advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
* [[Separation of church and state]], the idea that religion and government functions should be separate