1. (关系、联系的)断绝，中断
Severance from a person or group, or the severance of a connection, involves the ending of a relationship or connection.

2. 离职金;遣散费
Severance pay is a sum of money that a company gives to its employees when it has to stop employing them.

1. the act of severing

Synonym: severing

2. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

e.g. they hoped to avoid a break in relations

Synonym: rupturebreachbreakriftfalling out