severance - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'severance' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Severance

[ n.]

- The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
- 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.

Meaning of 'severance' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . severance

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

Example in sentence:

they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Nearby Words:

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Severance Pay
Severance pay is a one-time separation payment when terminating an employee. Severance pay makes sense. It is humanitarian gesture, and good public relations.
Leader's Perseverance
The capacity to see a commitment through to completion long after most people would have stopped trying.

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