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1. (n.) severance
the act of severing or the state of being severed.
2. severance
a breaking off, as of a friendship.
3. severance
Law. a division of liabilities, provisions, etc., into parts; removal of a part from the whole.
4. severance
Also called severance pay. money, exclusive of wages, etc., paid to an employee who is dismissed for reasons beyond the employee's control.
Etymology: (1375–1425; < AF; see sever , -ance)
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1. (noun) rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
"they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
2. (noun) severance, severing
the act of severing
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1. (noun) severance
the act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation
2. (noun) severance
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
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Sense: to cut or break off
His arm was severed in the accident.
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 Afrikaans: afkapping |
 Arabic: قَطْع ، فَصْل، فَصْم |
 Bulgarian: откъсване |
 Brazilian: ruptura |
 Czech: přerušení; amputace |
 German: die Trennung |
 Danish: adskillelse |
 Greek: διακοπή, χωρισμός |
 Spanish: ruptura |
 Estonian: katkestamine |
 Farsi: گسستگي |
 Finnish: katkaiseminen |
 French: rupture |
 Hebrew: פִצוּיֵי פִּיטוּרִין |
 Hindi: पृथक्करण, विभाजन |
 Croatian: raskinuće, otcjepljenje |
 Hungarian: elvágás |
 Indonesian: keadaan putus |
 Icelandic: skilnaður |
 Italian: rottura, separazione |
 Japanese: 断絶 |
 Korean: 절단 |
 Lithuanian: nutraukimas |
 Latvian: atdalīšana; pārtraukšana |
 Malay: pemutusan |
 Dutch: verbreking |
 Norwegian: atskillelse, løsriving |
 Polish: oderwanie |
 Persian: گسستگي |
 Pashto: شكونه، بېلونه، پرې كول |
 Portuguese: ruptura |
 Romanian: ruptură |
 Russian: отделение; разрыв |
 Slovak: prerušenie; amputácia |
 Slovenian: ločitev |
 Serbian: rastavljanje |
 Swedish: avklippande |
 Thai: การตัดขาดจากกัน |
 Turkish: koparma |
 Taiwanese: 斷絕，切斷 |
 Ukrainian: відокремлення; розрив |
 Urdu: انقطاع |
 Vietnamese: sự cắt rời |
 Chinese: 断绝，切断 |
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