English noun: severance | |||
| 1. | severance (event) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | ||
| Samples | They hoped to avoid a break in relations. | ||
| Synonyms | breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breakup, detachment, separation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | schism | ||
| 2. | severance (act) the act of severing | ||
| Synonyms | severing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, cutting | ||