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English sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.
severance (countable and uncountable, plural severances)
- The act of severing or the state of being severed.
- A separation.
- A severance payment.
- (separation): separation
- (severance payment): severance payment, severance pay