Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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severance | Yes | No | No | No |
separation | Yes | No | No | No |
severance (noun) | separation (noun) |
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the act of severing | the social act of separating or parting company |
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | the act of dividing or disconnecting |
(law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement or under a court order) | |
sorting one thing from others | |
the distance between things | |
coming apart | |
the termination of employment (by resignation or dismissal) | |
the space where a division or parting occurs | |
the state of lacking unity |