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SEVERALTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does severalty mean?
• SEVERALTY (noun)
The noun SEVERALTY has 2 senses:
1. the state of being several and distinct
2. exclusive individual ownership
Familiarity information: SEVERALTY used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being several and distinct
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
discreteness; distinctness; separateness; severalty
Hypernyms ("severalty" is a kind of...):
separation (the state of lacking unity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Exclusive individual ownership
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("severalty" is a kind of...):
ownership (the relation of an owner to the thing possessed; possession with the right to transfer possession to others)
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