divorcement
Legal marital dissolution
Divorcement is a formal or literary term for divorce—the legal dissolution of a marriage.
It can also describe any decisive separation or severing of connection: the divorcement of church and state, a complete divorcement from reality.
The word appears more often in older texts and legal contexts than in everyday speech.
Declared void from start
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- custodyProtective care or control
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
petition · filing · proceedings · mediation · litigation · attorney · judgment · grounds
Separation into parts
- partingAct of leaving another
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
disunion · disconnection · estrangement · disengagement · rupture · rift · cleaving · sundering
State of conclusive completion
- endingFinal portion of something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- terminationAct of ending something
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
Reestablishment of harmonious relations
- reunionGathering after separation
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- amicablePeacefully cooperative in manner
mediation · understanding · compromise · civility · truce · settlement
Deep emotional distress
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
mourning · loss · pain · sorrow · bitterness · resentment · betrayal · rejection
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- releaseTo let go
- independenceFreedom from external control
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
empowerment · escape · relief · unburdening · self-discovery · reinvention · second-chance
Verbal clash over differences
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
antagonism · fighting · quarrel · discord · tension · grievance · blame · recrimination
annulment
Declared void from start
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- custodyProtective care or control
settlement · petition · filing · proceedings · mediation · litigation · attorney · judgment · grounds · no-fault
split
Separation into parts
- partingAct of leaving another
- breakupRomantic relationship's termination
- severanceTermination pay or disconnection
detachment · disunion · disconnection · estrangement · disengagement · rupture · rift · cleaving · sundering · uncoupling
finality
State of conclusive completion
- endingFinal portion of something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- terminationAct of ending something
resolution · completion · settlement · acceptance · farewell
rapprochement
Reestablishment of harmonious relations
- reunionGathering after separation
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
amicable · mediation · understanding · compromise · civility · truce · settlement
heartache
Deep emotional distress
devastation · mourning · loss · pain · sorrow · bitterness · resentment · betrayal · rejection · loneliness
freedom
Absence of constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- releaseTo let go
- independenceFreedom from external control
autonomy · empowerment · escape · relief · unburdening · self-discovery · reinvention · second-chance
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- animosityActive, bitter hostility
- acrimonyBitter ill will
contention · antagonism · fighting · quarrel · discord · tension · grievance · blame · recrimination · bitterness
divorcementmarriage
Formal union between partners
matrimony · wedding · union · wedlock · marital union
divorcementunion
Joining into one
connection · unification · combination · joining · merger
divorce, divorced, divorces, divorcing, divorcee, divorceable