Synonyms for severance
ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rənssev·er·ance

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1. severancenoun

   A separation.

   Synonyms:
   separation

2. severancenoun

   A severance payment.

   Synonyms:
   severance payment, severance pay

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1. severance

   Synonyms:
   alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation

   Antonyms:
   adherence, adhesion, affection, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, union

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1. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outnoun

   a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

   "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

   Synonyms:
   recess, good luck, rift, fault, prison-breaking, breakout, fracture, suspension, break of serve, happy chance, respite, geological fault, faulting, gaolbreak, shift, interruption, time out, pause, open frame, breach, disruption, jailbreak, gap, severing, falling out, prisonbreak, breaking, breakage, rupture, intermission, break

2. severance, severingnoun

   the act of severing

   Synonyms:
   rupture, falling out, severing, break, breach, rift

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1. List of paraphrases for "severance":

   allowance, departure, starting, compensation, termination, allowances, rupture, disjunction, separation, cessation, indemnity

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How to use severance in a sentence?

1. Mayor James Knowles:

   There will be no severance or extension of benefits for Darren Wilson following his resignation.

2. Jon Hyman:

   There’s a real risk to employees that the case will have a negative impact on the size of severance packages going forward.

3. John Conyers:

   In this case, I expressly and vehemently denied the allegations made against me and continue to do so, that should not be lost in the narrative. The resolution was not for millions of dollars, but rather for an amount that equated to a reasonable severance payment.

4. The Associated Press:

   CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP The U.S. Soccer Federation had argued that the womens team was paid under the structure the players asked for in the last collective bargaining agreement and that they asked for a very different contract that offered them more benefits, whichthe mens players did not -- including guaranteed annual salaries, medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave, severance benefits, salary continuation during periods of injury, access to a retirement plan, multiple bonuses and more.

5. Ronan Farrow:

   They had a euphemism at this company called enhanced severance.