Sever

sev′ėr, v.t. to separate with violence: to cut apart: to divide: ( B. ) to keep distinct.— v.i. to make a separation, to act independently: to be rent asunder.— adj. Sev′erable .— n. Sev′erance , act of severing: separation. [Fr. sevrer , to wean—L. separāre , to separate.]