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severance

noun
/ˈsɛv.ɹəns/UK/ˈsɛv.ɚ.əns/CA

Etymology

From sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer.

  1. derived from sevrance
  2. inherited from severaunce

Definitions

  1. The act of severing or the state of being severed.

  2. A separation.

  3. A severance payment.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A surname.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at severance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at severance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at severance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA