severable
severable — adjective
- severablepositive
- more severablecomparative
- most severablesuperlative
1. In legal contexts, describing a clause or section within a written agreement tha
In legal contexts, describing a clause or section within a written agreement that can be removed or treated as separate while the rest of the document keeps its legal force.
Hana's contract had a severable overtime clause, so the rest stayed valid after the dispute.
severable + noun (clause) preserving validity of remainder
The judge told Diego that the fine was not severable from the main agreement.
Tara argued the illegal term was severable and should be removed without affecting the deal.
A severable lease provision let the landlord cancel the parking rule and keep the rest.
The lawyers agreed the payment schedule was severable from the rest of the contract.
- separable
more general; usable outside legal contexts for anything that can be split apart
- divisible
overlaps in meaning but less common in contract-law phrasing; 'divisible' often refers to numbers or quantities
- detachable
primarily physical; seldom used for abstract legal provisions
- non-severable
direct legal opposite; means the clause cannot be separated without invalidating the whole agreement
- indivisible
broader; used for anything that cannot be split, not only legal documents
- entire
in law, an 'entire contract' is one where all duties are interdependent
文法句型
severable + noun (clause/provision/term)
severable from + noun phrase
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in legal and formal writing, especially contract law. The opposite term is 'non-severable' or 'entire'. Frequently paired with nouns such as clause, provision, term, covenant, or section. The construction 'severable from [document]' is the most common syntactic frame.