About The Word Severance
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Severance
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What's The Definition Of Severance?
[n] the act of severing
[n] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonyms | Synonyms for Severance: breach | break | falling out | rift | rupture | severing Related Terms | Find terms related to Severance: See Also | breakup | cut | cutting | detachment | separation Severance In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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