divorcee
Legally separated individual
A divorcee is a person, typically a woman, whose marriage has ended in divorce.
The word carries a slightly dated or formal tone: The apartment building was popular with young divorcees.
The masculine form divorcé exists but is rarely used; divorcee now serves for any gender, or people simply say divorced person.
Court-ordered post-divorce payments
- custodyProtective care or control
- ex-spouseDivorced husband or wife
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
dissolution · co-parenting · visitation · prenuptial · contested · uncontested · no-fault · grounds
Mark of dishonor
- remarriageWedding after divorce/widowhood
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
- step-parentSpouse's prior child's guardian
One in number
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- liberatedReleased from confinement
- soloPerformance by one
self-reliant · unattached · empowered · freedom · reclaiming · self-determination · unmarried · uncoupled
Restoration of health
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- self-careMaintaining personal wellbeing
rebuilding · adjustment · growth · acceptance · grief · closure · self-discovery · boundaries
alimony
Court-ordered post-divorce payments
- custodyProtective care or control
- ex-spouseDivorced husband or wife
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
mediation · dissolution · co-parenting · visitation · prenuptial · contested · uncontested · no-fault · grounds
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- remarriageWedding after divorce/widowhood
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- reintroductionAct of bringing back
single
One in number
- self-sufficientAble to provide independently
- autonomousSelf-directed and free
- liberatedReleased from confinement
solo · self-reliant · unattached · empowered · freedom · reclaiming · self-determination · unmarried · uncoupled
healing
Restoration of health
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
self-care · rebuilding · adjustment · growth · acceptance · grief · closure · self-discovery · boundaries · processing
- relationship statussingle, married, engaged, separated, widowed
- life rolesparent, spouse, caregiver, breadwinner, homemaker
- divorcedivision of assets, grounds, legal separation, alimony, child support
- legal statusesmarried, single, citizen, widowed, adult
- personalspersonal ads, personals, SWM, classified ads, dating profile
- Single Womensingle woman, bachelorette, spinster, maiden, unmarried
divorceespouse
Married partner
life partner · happily married · married couple · lifer · soulmate
- 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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