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- Dictionarysev·er·ance/ˈsev(ə)rəns/
noun
- 1. the action of ending a connection or relationship: "the severance and disestablishment of the Irish Church"
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SEVERANCE meaning: 1. money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the employer has had to bring to an end: 2…. Learn more.
severance: [noun] the act or process of severing : the state of being severed.
SEVERANCE definition: 1. money paid by an employer to an employee whose job the employer has had to bring to an end: 2…. Learn more.
Severance definition: the act of severing or the state of being severed. . See examples of SEVERANCE used in a sentence.
3 meanings: 1. the act of severing or state of being severed 2. a separation 3. law the division into separate parts of a joint.... Click for more definitions.
severance: 1 n the act of severing Synonyms: severing Type of: cut , cutting the act of cutting something into parts n a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) Synonyms: breach , break , falling out , rift , rupture Examples: Great Schism the period from 1378 to 1417 during which there were two papacies in the Roman ...
3. Law. a division of liabilities, provisions, etc., into parts; removal of a part from the whole.
SEVERANCE definition: a situation in which an employer forces an employee to leave a job: . Learn more.
SEVERANCE meaning: 1 : the act of ending someone's employment usually used before another noun; 2 : the act of ending a relationship, connection, etc. usually + of
Definition of severance noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.