SEVERANCE Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

severance

noun

Definition of severance

as in divorce

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Recent Examples of severance Employees who take the latest buyout will get severance payments based on tenure at the company. — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 The board spent $379,000 investigating Hill, and the former superintendent is also slated to receive $340,700 in severance, the Observer reported previously. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026 Those who are unable to transfer will receive severance support, Starbucks said. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for severance

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Noun

Although terms of the separation are confidential, there was a pending judgment of divorce that needed approval from the New York County Supreme Court as of Wednesday, according to People.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026
Around that time, the family’s increasing financial strain, however, led the couple to discuss divorce.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of divorce

Noun

But Lloyd, who had long struggled with mental health issues, was also suffering from drug addiction, and conflicts with Verlaine led to the band’s breakup.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Timberlake didn’t elaborate who the friend was but added that the friend was going through their own breakup, and that the track was modeled after Timberlake’s own public split.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of breakup

Noun

Rather than suggesting an overarching vision of the artist’s corpus and context, a dissolution into timeless simultaneity prevails.

— Nicole Kaack, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
His departure, alongside that of Benny Gantz, effectively ended the national unity arrangement and precipitated the dissolution of the war cabinet.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissolution

Noun

Timberlake didn’t elaborate who the friend was but added that the friend was going through their own breakup, and that the track was modeled after Timberlake’s own public split.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2026
The victory earned Long Island a split of its season-opening two-game series in Greensboro.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 8 Nov. 2026

Definition of split

Noun

Your younger son has been affected by his brother’s behavior throughout life, up to and including this current estrangement.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Harry’s concern also reportedly ties back to his estrangement from his brother, Prince William.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of estrangement

Noun

In other photographs of Deckard, Vaughan preserves his stillness, his distance, and arch alienation played to perfection by Ford.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
With its mix of teenage alienation, anti-authority diatribes and heaps of personality disorder, Darko is appealing in a kind of neo-Heathers, anti-establishment way.

— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 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

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In 2007, Spain posted an eBay ad offering to be someone's date to the game, complete with a photo of herself in a Chicago Bears cheerleader costume, cleavage on full display.

— Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
At Dior, footwear designer Nina Christen offered up sexy Dior-charmed T-straps and plenty of toe cleavage.

— Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

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