DIVORCEMENT

divorce, divorcement

(noun) the legal dissolution of a marriage

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

divorcement (plural divorcements)

(obsolete) Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.

(figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*vorce"ment, n.

Definition: Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation. Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1. The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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