1. severance - Noun
2. Severance - Proper noun
The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe severance of Ulster from the rest of Ireland is a geographical, and, therefore, a political impossibility. ... The Union is safe so long as Ulster is loyal. H. H. Asquith
[Christianity] is a denial of this world, a severance from reality, an abdication, a means of redemption from, not for, life. Isaac Leib Peretz
I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad. Kara Lindsay
Did the Order return your sense of humor as part of the severance package? Ilona Andrews
Mawdudi's revivalist position was radical communalism as it articulated Muslim interests and sought to protect their rights, and demanded the severance of all cultural and hence social and political ties with Hindus in the interests of purifying Islam. Abul Ala Maududi
they hoped to avoid a break in relations Source: Internet