severance
Final payout, perhaps
Severance is the act of cutting off or separating, or the state of being cut off.
A severance of ties ends a relationship or connection.
In employment, severance refers to compensation given when someone loses their job: She negotiated three months' severance.
A severance package may include pay, benefits continuation, and other terms.
The word implies a clean break rather than gradual separation.
Romantic relationship's termination
- splitSeparation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- breachBreaking of agreement
dissolution · parting · rupture · divorce · break · disunion · rift · detachment
Barrier separating spaces
- divideSeparate into parts
- splitSeparation into parts
- disconnectTo break a connection
- disjoinTo separate joined things
disengage · decouple · separate · detach · rupture · break · fracture · schism
Termination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- dismissalRemoval from position
- terminationAct of ending something
- golden handshakeLucrative payment upon departure
package · firing · discharge · sacking · downsizing · pink slip · outplacement · settlement
Surgical limb removal
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- slicePortion cut off
- cleaveSplit or adhere
sunder · bisect · dissect · truncate · gash · carve · slit · snip
Leave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
withdrawal · adieu · send-off · transition · relocation · emigration · escape
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
- splitSeparation into parts
- separationState of being apart
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
breach · dissolution · parting · rupture · divorce · break · disunion · rift · detachment · alienation
partition
Barrier separating spaces
- divideSeparate into parts
- splitSeparation into parts
- disconnectTo break a connection
disjoin · disengage · decouple · separate · detach · rupture · break · fracture · schism · cleavage
layoff
Termination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- dismissalRemoval from position
- terminationAct of ending something
golden handshake · package · firing · discharge · sacking · downsizing · pink slip · outplacement · settlement · payout
amputation
Surgical limb removal
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- lacerationTorn, ragged wound
- slicePortion cut off
cleave · sunder · bisect · dissect · truncate · gash · carve · slit · snip · shear
farewell
Leave-taking expression
- leave-takingAct of saying goodbye
- goodbyeDeparting salutation
- partingAct of leaving another
exodus · withdrawal · adieu · send-off · transition · relocation · emigration · escape
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- employee benefitshealth insurance, pension, 401k, 401(k), retirement
- employee compensationsalary, pay, base pay, base salary, gross pay
- financial reliefdebt relief, bailout, loan forgiveness, debt forgiveness, stimulus
- severancetermination pay, separation pay, redundancy pay, redundancy payment, exit package
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
severanceconnection
A joining or relation
attachment · union · joining · unification · reunion
severanceretention
Continued holding or possession
hiring · employment · onboarding · job security · tenure
severancereunion
Gathering after separation
reconciliation · reconnection · restoration · continuity · maintenance
- severance packageCompensation upon job termination
- severance payCompensation upon job termination
- severance agreementTerms for employment termination
- severance paymentCompensation upon job termination