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noun
Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Complete detachment or disunion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the legal dissolution of a marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: divorce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separation
History
Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divorcement From divorce + -ment.
