severance (n.)

• abscission
• alteration
• amputation
• analysis
• atomization
• butchering
• change
• clearance
• cleavage
• cutting
• demarcation
• deportation
• detachment
• dichotomy
• differentiation
• discard
• discrimination
• disjunction
• disposal
• disposition
• distinction
• diversification
• division
• ejection
• elimination
• enucleation
• eradication
• excision
• exile
• expatriation
• expulsion
• fission
• individualization
• individuation
• laceration
• liquidation
• modification
• mutilation
• ostracism
• outlawry
• particularization
• personalization
• purge
• removal
• resection
• riddance
• ripping
• scission
• section
• segregation
• separation
• slicing
• specialization
• splitting
• surgery
• suspension
• tearing
• variation
• withdrawal