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severance definition

sev·er·ance (sev′ər əns, sev′rəns)

noun

a severing or being severed

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr < OFr sevrance

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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