divorcé
Legally separated man
A divorcé is a man whose marriage has ended in divorce.
The word is French, with the feminine form divorcée used for women, though English increasingly uses divorcée for both sexes or drops the accent entirely.
He's been a divorcé for three years now.
Resolved dispute or colony
- custodyProtective care or control
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
paperwork · mediation · lawyers · court · filing · finalized · petition · dissolution
Put or kept apart
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- former spousePrevious marriage partner
- ex-husbandDivorced male spouse
- unmarriedNot legally wed
single · unattached · annulled · split · parted · decoupled · uncoupled · ex-partner
Mark of dishonor
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- dating poolAvailable potential partners collectively
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- blended familyHousehold with steprelations
single parent · support group · remarriage · custody arrangement · visitation schedule · mutual friends · in-laws · family dynamics
Complete self-transformation
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- new beginningChance to start again
- independenceFreedom from external control
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
dating again · rebuilding · transformation · freedom · autonomy · self-reliance · empowerment · starting over
Crushing emotional pain
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- healingRestoration of health
- closureSense of emotional resolution
bitterness · resentment · relief · loneliness · rejection · betrayal · anger · sadness
settlement
Resolved dispute or colony
- custodyProtective care or control
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- proceedingsSequence of formal events
decree · paperwork · mediation · lawyers · court · filing · finalized · petition · dissolution · separation agreement
separated
Put or kept apart
- estrangedSeparated by emotional distance
- former spousePrevious marriage partner
- ex-husbandDivorced male spouse
unmarried · single · unattached · annulled · split · parted · decoupled · uncoupled · ex-partner · ex-spouse
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- dating poolAvailable potential partners collectively
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
blended family · single parent · support group · remarriage · custody arrangement · visitation schedule · mutual friends · in-laws · family dynamics · relationship status
reinvention
Complete self-transformation
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- new beginningChance to start again
- independenceFreedom from external control
self-discovery · dating again · rebuilding · transformation · freedom · autonomy · self-reliance · empowerment · starting over · reclaiming
heartbreak
Crushing emotional pain
closure · bitterness · resentment · relief · loneliness · rejection · betrayal · anger · sadness · acceptance
- divorce papersDocuments terminating matrimony
- divorce courtTribunal for marital dissolution
- divorce lawyerAttorney for ending marriages
- filing for divorceSubmitting paperwork to end marriage
- divorce settlementTerms ending a marriage
- grounds for divorceReasons permitting marital dissolution
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