Hypertext Webster Gateway: "severance"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Severance \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
severance
n 1: a personal or social separation (as between opposing
factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[syn: {rupture}, {breach}, {break}, {rift}, {falling out}]
2: the act of severing [syn: {severing}]
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