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Noun: severance  se-v(u-)run(t)s
  1. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
    "they hoped to avoid a severance in relations"
    - rupture, breach, break, rift, falling out
     
  2. The act of severing
    - severing

Derived forms: severances

See also: sever

Type of: breakup, cut, cutting, detachment, separation

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