segregation
noun
[ ˌsɛɡrɪˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
• "the segregation of pupils with learning difficulties"
Similar:
separation,
setting apart,
keeping apart,
sorting out,
isolation,
quarantine,
insulation,
exclusion,
closeting,
protection,
shielding,
partitioning,
division,
detachment,
disconnection,
dissociation,
sequestration,
partition,
apartheid,
• the separation of pairs of alleles at meiosis and their independent transmission via separate gametes.