Found 2 items, similar to severance.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: severance 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Severance Severance \Sev"er*ance\, n. 1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. --Milman. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]