SEVERANCES Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

severances

noun

plural of severance

as in alienations

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Noun

Moms for Liberty’s influence has been on a long decline in its home state as the organization faced a wave of resignations, chapter dissolutions and scandals among Moms for Liberty leadership.

— Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026
The trailer teased screaming matches, tears, accusations of betrayal and clear dissolutions of multiple relationships — both romantic and platonic.

— Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 27 May 2026

Definition of dissolutions

Noun

In Vietnamese director Lê Bảo’s new film, an extended family confronts various rifts and estrangements in its ranks; years of silence must give way, slowly and haltingly, to communication.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
For some, the reason behind such estrangements might seem clear to both parties.

— Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 10 May 2026

Definition of estrangements

Noun

Many are navigating divorce, illness, breakups, or a reconsideration of their religious beliefs.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
The group navigates high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets and shifting allegiances — both in the courtroom and within their own ranks — as well as a fierce rivalry with competitor Carrington Lane (Paulson).

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of breakups

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
Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.

— Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025

Definition of cleavages

Noun

Other studies found that multiple parental deployments and longer parental separations affected children negatively.

— Nikki R Wooten, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
The goal is to manufacture large-area membranes that can perform highly selective separations under practical operating conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of separations

Noun

In an unexpected twist, Shue and Fiebig entered a relationship of their own following their respective splits.

— Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026
For this small universe of precinct splits or ballot styles where everyone within a jurisdiction received the same question, the county will set the ballot sorter to out-stack each of those envelopes for hand review.

— Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of splits

Noun

When a brain aneurysm ruptures, approximately 30% to 50% of patients die, according to Dabus.

— Lauren Pastrana, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
The final match of the South African leg was staged in Soweto, where the 1976 student uprising became one of the defining ruptures in the country’s apartheid history.

— Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ruptures

Noun

There’s a Christian minister, Michael Hare, who’s also a consultant to churches experiencing those rifts.

— Margaret Wappler, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Recounting the disappearance of his sister Jade 20 years earlier, this text threatens to expose the lies, secrets and rifts within a group of friends bound forever by tragic events.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of rifts

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