HyperDic: severance

English > 2 senses of the word *severance*:
NOUN	event	severance, rupture, breach, break, rift, falling out	a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
NOUN	act	severance, severing	the act of severing

severance > pronunciation
Sounds	seh'verahns; seh'vrahns
Rhymes	abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns...

English > *severance*: 2 senses > noun 1, event
Meaning	A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions).
Synonyms	rupture, breach, break, rift, falling out
Narrower	schism	The formal separation / separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences
Broader	separation, breakup, detachment	coming apart
Spanish	ruptura
Catalan	ruptura, trencament
Verbs	sever	set or keep apart

English > *severance*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of severing.
Synonym	severing
Broader	cut, cutting	The act of cutting something into parts
Catalan	ruptura, separació
Verbs	sever	cut off from a whole