Thesaurus: severance

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1. n. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
2. n. 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.
3. n. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
4. n. the act of severing
5. 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.
6. The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or morethat join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several orseparate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destructionof the unity of interest in a joint estate. Bouvier.
7. n:100 n. the act of severing