severance : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: severance	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for severance
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
severance n a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonym(s): rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out the act of severing Synonym(s): severance, severing
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Severance \Sev"er*ance\, n. 1. The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. --Milman. 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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Severance, CO (town, FIPS 69150) Location: 40.52241 N, 104.84961 W Population (1990): 106 (46 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Severance, KS (city, FIPS 64025) Location: 39.76686 N, 95.24885 W Population (1990): 98 (53 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66087 Severance, NY Zip code(s): 12872