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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 distinctplay

2. exclusive individual ownershipplay

  Familiarity information: SEVERALTY used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEVERALTY (noun)


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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