severance Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
rift; falling out; break; breach; rupture.
- they hoped to avoid a break in relations
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noun the act of severing
severing.
WordNet
Sev"er*ance noun
Definitions
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The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. Milman. -
(Law) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier.