SEVERANCE Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

severance

noun

Definition of severance

as in divorce

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Recent Examples of severance The records, obtained through a Missouri Sunshine Law request, show Dustman is still receiving paychecks labeled as severance as part of a resignation agreement that city officials have not publicly disclosed. — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026 Starbucks will incur about $300 million in charges relating to the closures, according to a regulatory filing Thursday, $200 million of which comes from ending leases early and severance benefits for employees. — Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026 The severance procedure is controversial, and an underground movement of activists, called the Whole Mind Collective, actively tries to outlaw the procedure. — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026 These questions should be answered before a major restructuring, not after severance decisions have been made. — Kevin Chan, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for severance

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Noun

Nick and Serena’s plan is to break the prenup and serve Morgan with a divorce.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Several major carriers have kept WPLG even after its divorce last year from ABC – including Comcast, Breezeline and DirecTV satellite.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of divorce

Noun

Kansas safety Taylor Davis had two pass breakups, marking a new career high, while also adding his second career tackle for loss.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
On Friday, Shivon Zilis, the Canadian artificial intelligence engineer who has four children with Elon Musk, announced their breakup on X, the social media network Musk bought in 2022.

— Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The formal dissolution of parliament will need to be approved by the Cabinet, which Sánchez has convened for later Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
The formal dissolution of parliament will need to be approved by the Cabinet, which Sánchez had convened for later Monday.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissolution

Noun

Che then turned to Noem’s split this week from Bryon Noem, to whom she had been married since 1992.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2026
Appended to the tweet, perhaps to illustrate how fresh the split is, Zilis included a screen capture of an apparent text message exchange between the two with the date of September 24.

— Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of split

Noun

You’re meant to be feeling some amount of alienation right now.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
In a rare occurrence, Bardot’s 80-minute AI drama that, according to the synopsis, examines contemporary alienation and numbness in today’s world of hyper-connectivity, is set for a spring 2027 release across 20 cities in Turkey via Baska Sinema.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of alienation

Noun

Scientists physically extract venom from a living animal, then use routine lab techniques to separate the sample into individual components, in a process known as fractionation.

— Steve Midway, STAT, 16 July 2026
Decarbonizing air travel The purification and fractionation steps are being developed jointly by scientists from TU Graz, the University of Zagreb in Croatia, and Portugal’s national energy laboratory (LNEG).

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025

Definition of fractionation

Noun

As Trump slides toward lame-duck status, cleavages within the group and between it and traditional progressives are becoming more salient.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026
Tehrani-Bagha said the decline results from some cellulose-chain cleavage during the treatments but should not prevent the material from undergoing further chemical recycling.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026

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