severance

Noun

Synonyms: rupture breach break rift falling out severing

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)“they hoped to avoid a break in relations”Synonyms: rupture breach break rift falling out
the act of severingSynonyms: severing

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Severance \Sev"er*ance\, n.

1.The act of severing, or the state of being severed; partition; separation. --Milman. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]