Definitions for: Severance

[n] the act of severing
[n] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

Webster (1913) Definition: Sev"er*ance, n.
1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed;
partition; separation. --Milman.

2. (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.

Synonyms: breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severing

See Also: breakup, cut, cutting, detachment, separation

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