'Severance' definitions:

Definition of 'severance'

(from WordNet)
noun
A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" [syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out]
noun
The act of severing [syn: severance, severing]

Definition of 'Severance'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'severance'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Severance, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Severance, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
597
Housing Units (2000) :
207
Land area (2000) :
2.069528 sq. miles (5.360053 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.065733 sq. miles (0.170248 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.135261 sq. miles (5.530301 sq. km)
FIPS code :
69150
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
40.535208 N, 104.850761 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Severance, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Severance, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
108
Housing Units (2000) :
53
Land area (2000) :
0.128303 sq. miles (0.332303 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.128303 sq. miles (0.332303 sq. km)
FIPS code :
64025
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
39.767644 N, 95.250303 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
66087
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Words containing 'Severance'