severance
1. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) - they hoped to avoid a break in relations • Syn: rupture, breach, break, rift, falling out • Derivationally related forms: sever, break (for: break) • Hypernyms: separation, breakup, detachment • Hyponyms: schism 2. the act of severing • Syn: severing • Derivationally related forms: sever (for: severing), sever • Hypernyms: cut, cutting
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