severable
capable of being severed.
Law. separable or capable of being treated as separate from a whole legal right or obligation: a severable contract obligation.
Origin of severable
1Other words from severable
- sev·er·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- non·sev·er·a·ble, adjective
- un·sev·er·a·ble, adjective
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How to use severable in a sentence
I would admit that, but is not blood a different and perfectly severable thing from bone?
Ginx's Baby | Edward JenkinsIt was born of musical chanting, and it grew as song, never unsung or conceived of as severable from its melody.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
British Dictionary definitions for severable
/ (ˈsɛvərəbəl) /
able to be severed
law capable of being separated, as a clause in an agreement: a severable contract
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