severable
[ sev-er-uh-buh l, sev-ruh- ]
/ ˈsɛv ər ə bəl, ˈsɛv rə- /
adjective
capable of being severed.
Law.
separable or capable of being treated as separate from a whole legal right or obligation: a severable contract obligation.
OTHER WORDS FROM severable
sev·er·a·bil·i·ty, noun non·sev·er·a·ble, adjective un·sev·er·a·ble, adjectiveWords nearby severable
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seventy-third,
seventy-three,
seventy-two,
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severalfold,
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Example sentences from the Web for severable
It 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
severable
/ (ˈsɛvərəbəl) /
adjective
able to be severed
law
capable of being separated, as a clause in an agreement
a severable contract