sev·er·a·ble

(sĕv′ər-ə-bəl, sĕv′rə-)

adj.

1. Capable of being severed or separated.

2. Law Capable of being separated into legally distinct rights or obligations that can be enforced independently, as in a contract where not all promises must be performed before legal action can be taken to enforce some portion.

sev′er·a·bil′i·ty n.

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severable

(ˈsɛvərəbəl)

adj

1. able to be severed

2. (Law) law capable of being separated, as a clause in an agreement: a severable contract.

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sev•er•a•ble

(ˈsɛv ər ə bəl, ˈsɛv rə-)

adj.

1. capable of being severed.

2. Law. separable or capable of being treated as separate from a whole legal right or obligation.

[1540–50]

sev`er•a•bil′i•ty, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

severable - capable of being divided or dissociated; "often drugs and crime are not dissociable"; "the siamese twins were not considered separable"; "a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody";

dissociable, separable

divisible - capable of being or liable to be divided or separated; "even numbers are divisible by two"; "the Americans fought a bloody war to prove that their nation is not divisible"

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