Definitions

severance

[sev-er-uhns, sev-ruhns] / ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rəns /

NOUN

division

Synonyms

STRONG

analysis apportionment autopsy bisection breaking carving demarcation detachment diagnosis disjunction disjuncture dismemberment dissolution distribution disunion divorce divorcement parceling parting partition reduction rupture segmentation selection separation split subdivision vivisection

WEAK

breaking down breaking up contrasting cutting up departmentalizing detaching disparting disseverance disseverment distinguishing disuniting dividing rending separating splitting up

Antonyms

STRONG

attachment closing closure combination connection juncture marriage union

Example Sentences

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At the same time, Severance Hospital is working on technologies to detect and control early mutant cells through the Korea-US Innovative Result Creation R&D project.

From Science Daily • Jan. 28, 2026

The Globes also honor the best in television, with HBO's black comedy anthology "The White Lotus," sci-fi office thriller "Severance" and searing teen murder saga "Adolescence" leading the contenders.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

Severance agreements are sometimes negotiable, she adds, so consider what your priorities would be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Kathryn Turman, played in the series by Severance actress Merritt Wever, was head of the Office for Victims of Crime, for the US Department of Justice.

From BBC • May 9, 2025

Severance had called him a "clod-hopper," and he knew the word fitted him in that suit, a blamed sight better than did the suit itself!

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

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