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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Severance  \Sev"er*ance\,  n. 
  1.  The  act  of  severing,  or  the  state  of  being  severed; 
  partition;  separation.  --Milman. 
 
  2.  (Law)  The  act  of  dividing;  the  singling  or  severing  of  two 
  or  more  that  join  or  are  joined,  in  one  writ;  the  putting 
  in  several  or  separate  pleas  or  answers  by  two  or  more 
  disjointly;  the  destruction  of  the  unity  of  interest  in  a 
  joint  estate.  --Bouvier. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  severance 
  n  1:  a  personal  or  social  separation  (as  between  opposing 
  factions);  "they  hoped  to  avoid  a  break  in  relations" 
  [syn:  {rupture},  {breach},  {break},  {rift},  {falling  out}] 
  2:  the  act  of  severing  [syn:  {severing}] 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Severance,  CO  (town,  FIPS  69150) 
  Location:  40.52241  N,  104.84961  W 
  Population  (1990):  106  (46  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.5  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Severance,  KS  (city,  FIPS  64025) 
  Location:  39.76686  N,  95.24885  W 
  Population  (1990):  98  (53  housing  units) 
  Area:  0.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  66087 
  Severance,  NY 
  Zip  code(s):  12872




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