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separated (adj.)

1530s, past-participle adjective from separate (v.). In reference to married couples deciding to live apart, from 1878.

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Definitions of separated from WordNet

separated (adj.)
being or feeling set or kept apart from others; "could not remain the isolated figure he had been"- Sherwood Anderson;
thought of herself as alone and separated from the others
Synonyms: detached / isolated / set-apart
separated (adj.)
spaced apart;
Synonyms: spaced
separated (adj.)
separated at the joint;
a separated shoulder
Synonyms: disjointed / dislocated
separated (adj.)
no longer connected or joined;
the separated spacecraft will return to their home bases
Synonyms: detached
From wordnet.princeton.edu