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Synonyms for severance
ˈsɛv ər əns, ˈsɛv rənssev·er·ance
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Wiktionary
severancenoun
A separation.
Synonyms:
separationseverancenoun
A severance payment.
Synonyms:
severance payment, severance pay
English Synonyms and Antonyms
severance
Synonyms:
alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separationAntonyms:
adherence, adhesion, affection, attachment, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, union
Princeton's WordNet
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, breakseverance, severingnoun
the act of severing
Synonyms:
rupture, falling out, severing, break, breach, rift
Matched Categories
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "severance":
allowance, departure, starting, compensation, termination, allowances, rupture, disjunction, separation, cessation, indemnity
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1180 | starting | |
#1368 | distance | |
#1618 | break | |
#2666 | breaking | |
#3099 | compensation | |
#3711 | shift | |
#4114 | gap | |
#4862 | divorce | |
#5045 | fault | |
#5067 | suspension | |
#5349 | opposition | |
#5374 | departure | |
#6054 | termination | |
#6234 | separation | |
#8756 | allowance | |
#9001 | breach | |
#10611 | pause | |
#14568 | allowances | |
#14595 | fracture | |
#15079 | disruption | |
#16872 | cessation | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#17400 | interruption | |
#18494 | breakout | |
#19458 | indemnity | |
#19598 | recess | |
#22368 | respite | |
#23043 | severance | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#24621 | rift | |
#25345 | indifference | |
#28886 | alienation | |
#29456 | aversion | |
#31174 | breakage | |
#34313 | intermission | |
#41342 | coolness | |
#48768 | animosity | |
#50674 | enmity | |
#64823 | disjunction | |
#65516 | faulting | |
#73418 | severing | |
#78152 | antipathy | |
#89530 | estrangement | |
#110721 | jailbreak | |
#143011 | repugnance |
How to use severance in a sentence?
There’s a real risk to employees that the case will have a negative impact on the size of severance packages going forward.
They had a euphemism at this company called enhanced severance.
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.
Upon his departure, Dennis received the benefits to which he was contractually entitled and he did not receive any severance pay or a 2019 annual bonus.
The severance did not involve the Office of Compliance and at no time was any allegation of sexual harassment made, and no sexual harassment occurred.
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