Divorcement

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Divorce; dissolution of a marriage. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "[W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law."

  2. 2
    the legal dissolution of a marriage wordnet
  3. 3
    Complete detachment or disunion. countable, figuratively, uncountable

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abstractionalienationannulmentdetachmentdisassociationdisconnection

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"[W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law."

Etymology

From divorce + -ment.

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