removed

adj.

1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
2. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent: A first cousin's child is one's first cousin once removed.

removedly re·mov'ed·ly (-mū'vĭd-lē) adv.
removedness re·mov'ed·ness n.

adjective

1. Far from others in space, time, or relationship: distant, far, faraway, far-flung, far-off, remote. Idioms: at a distance. See near/far/distance, time.
2. Far from centers of human population: back, insular, isolated, lonely, lonesome, obscure, outlying, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, solitary. Idioms: off the beatenpathtrack. See near/far/distance.
3. Set away from all others: alone, apart, detached, isolate, isolated, lone, solitary. See include/exclude.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Separate or apart in time; Taken out of or separated from.

The brook would lose its song if you removed the rocks. — Fred Beck

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The adjective has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: taken out of or separated from
  Synonym: abstracted

Meaning #2: far apart in nature
  Synonym: remote

Meaning #3: far distant in space
  Synonyms: distant, remote

Meaning #4: separated in relationship by a given degree of descent

Meaning #5: far distant in time
  Synonyms: distant, remote

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - væk, fjernt (fra)

idioms:

• once removed    grand- (kusine/fætter osv.)
• twice removed    barn af grandkusine/-fætter osv.

Nederlands (Dutch)
verwijderd, achter-/ achterachter- etc. (familielid) familie in de eerste/ tweede etc. graad

Français (French)
adj. - éloigné

idioms:

• once removed    (cousin) au premier degré
• twice removed    (cousin) au deuxième degré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - entfernt

idioms:

• once removed    zweiten Grades (des Verwandtschaftsverhältnisses)
• twice removed    zweiten Grades (des Verwandtschaftsverhältnisses)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - κάποιου βαθμού συγγένειας, απομακρυσμένος

idioms:

• once removed    (συγγένειας) πρώτου βαθμού
• twice removed    (συγγένειας) δεύτερου βαθμού

Italiano (Italian)
lontano

idioms:

• once/twice etc. removed    di primo/secondo ecc. grado

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - remoto

idioms:

• once/twice etc. removed    parente de primeiro/segundo grau

Русский (Russian)
далекий, дальний

idioms:

• once/twice etc. removed    двоюродный/ троюродный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - distante

idioms:

• once removed    parientes de segundo grado
• twice removed    parientes de tercer grado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - avlägsnad, fjärran, barn (om släktled)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
离开的, 与...无关的, 远离...的

idioms:

• once removed    年长一辈, 年幼一辈
• twice removed    年长两辈, 年幼两辈

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 離開的, 與...無關的, 遠離...的

idioms:

• once removed    年長一輩, 年幼一輩
• twice removed    年長兩輩, 年幼兩輩

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 떨어진, 제거된, 죽은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 隔たった, …世代隔たった, 取り去られた, あの世へ行った

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نائي, بعيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רחוק, מרוחק בדור‬

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