SEVERANCE Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

severance

noun

Definition of severance

as in divorce

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Recent Examples of severance The filing, submitted Wednesday in Cabarrus Superior Court and first reported by The Cabarrus Compass, is the county’s first formal rebuttal to Newton’s lawsuit seeking severance after he was fired just five months into the job. — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 26 June 2026 Wynn-Williams is asking the court to vacate the Interim Award that bars her from promoting her book and to declare her severance agreement unenforceable, among other things. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026 Everett gambled away his severance. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 18 June 2026 Robinhood expects to take around $20 million in charges for severance and benefits costs. — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for severance

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Noun

That amount is roughly one-fifth of what Scott has donated since the divorce, while she’s given away about 40% of her fortune, making her one of the most generous philanthropists in the world.

— Sydney Lake, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Jolie and Pitt married in 2014 and filed for divorce in 2016.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Definition of divorce

Noun

Text messages suggested d4vd had manipulated Celeste, even after their breakup in November 2024, the prosecution wrote.

— Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The shorter run time also means some themes get reduced into syrup; the platitudes come as fast and furious as Tao and Elle’s breakups and makeups, with too little space to breathe in between.

— Gemma Wilson, Boston Herald, 19 July 2026

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Sandhoo also serves as the Space Force’s portfolio acquisition executive for missile warning and tracking, which would keep him in charge of much of the SDA’s mission after the agency’s dissolution.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
These include dissolution, which uses solvents to recover polystyrene as pellets, and pyrolysis, which heats mixed plastic waste in low oxygen to produce oil-like feedstocks for new plastic.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of dissolution

Noun

Bayley and Lyra had their first singles match since the split this past weekend.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
After years of dating, including a brief split in 2007 that ultimately strengthened their relationship, William proposed during a trip to Kenya in 2010 with Princess Diana's iconic sapphire engagement ring.

— Janelle Ash , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of split

Noun

Shifting baseline syndrome was initially considered an evocative parable of humans’ estrangement from wild nature—a warning in the form of a hypothesis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
One source told People Elizabeth visited both brothers after their estrangement from one another.

— Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 July 2026

Definition of estrangement

Noun

In this attitude was a strange commingling of repugnance and desire, alienation and belonging, intimacy and coldness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Yet the men are wrenched apart, and the culprit seems to be nothing less than a hostile world, one marked by material scarcity and insurmountable alienation.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Definition of alienation

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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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The sheer style featured silver and multicolored sequins, while the cut showed plenty of cleavage.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Triangle bralettes work especially well on smaller chests because their plunging neckline highlights the cleavage, while racerback styles create a closer, more secure fit.

— Malia Griggs, Glamour, 1 June 2026

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