sever

sever: sev·er /'se-vər/ vt sev·ered, sev·er·ing

1: to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party)

2: to separate (as a contract) into different parts (as independent obligations) in order to treat each separately

3 a: to try (criminal offenses or defendants) separately in order to avoid prejudice

b: to split (a criminal trial) into multiple trials in order to avoid prejudice

c: to try (civil claims or issues pleaded in the same case) separately

sev·er·ance /'se-vrəns, -və-rens/ n

sever: I verb break apart, break off, cleave, cut, cut adrift, detach, dirimere, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, dismember, dispair, dispart, dissever, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divide, dividere, divorce, fissure, isolate, keep apart, lacerate, lop off, part, partition, rend, rend asunder, rive, rupture, segment, segregate, separare, separate, set apart, slit, splinter, split, subdivide, sunder, tear, unbind, uncouple, unfasten, untie, wrench associated concepts: sever a claim, sever a party, sever an action, severable cause of action, severable contract II index break (separate), detach, dichotomize, disband, discontinue (abandon), discontinue (break continuity), disengage, disjoint, dissociate, dissolve (separate), divide (separate), divorce, estrange, excise (cut away), interrupt, isolate, luxate, part (separate), partition, rend, separate, split, subdivide

sever: v.
To cut; to divide or separate; to end a relationship; to separate causes of action or defendants that have been joined together to try them instead in individual lawsuits.
n.
severance

Synonyms:

Part, divide, separate, sunder / Disjoin, disunite, sunder, separate, divide / Disjoin, disunite, detach, detach, separate, divide, disconnect

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şever — ŞÉVER, şevere, s.n. Unealtă în formă de disc, cremalieră sau melc, confecţionată din oţel aliat, folosită pentru şeveruire. – Din rus. şever, engl. shaver. Trimis de LauraGellner, 29.04.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 şéver s. n., pl. şévere Trimis de… … Dicționar Român
Sever — Sev er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Severed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Severing}.] [OF. sevrer, severer, to separate, F. sevrer to wean, fr. L. separare. See {Separate}, and cf. {Several}.] 1. To separate, as one from another; to cut off from something; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sever — sev‧er [ˈsevə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] COMMERCE to end a business relationship or connection with someone because of a disagreement: • He has severed all financial ties with his former firm. • A business dispute caused the company and its… … Financial and business terms
sever — [sev′ər] vt., vi. [ME severen < OFr sevrer, severer < VL * seperare < L separare, to SEPARATE] 1. to separate; make or become distinct; divide [severed from his family by the war] 2. to part or break off, as by cutting or with force; cut … English World dictionary
Sever — Sev er, v. i. 1. To suffer disjunction; to be parted, or rent asunder; to be separated; to part; to separate. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a separation or distinction; to distinguish. [1913 Webster] The Lord shall sever between the cattle of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sever — [v1] cut apart bisect, carve, cleave, cut, cut in two, detach, disconnect, disjoin, dissect, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, part, rend, rive, separate, slice, split, sunder; concepts 98,176 Ant. combine, join, unite sever [v2] dissociate … New thesaurus
Sevēr — (v. lat.), ernst, strenge, hart; Severĭtät, Ernst, Strenge, Härte … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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