divorces
Legal marriage endings
Divorces is the plural of divorce, which is the legal dissolution of a marriage.
As a verb, divorces means formally ends a marriage or, more broadly, separates one thing from another: She divorces emotion from logic when making decisions.
The noun form refers to multiple instances of marital dissolution: The county recorded three hundred divorces last year.
Someone who has gone through this process is a divorcee or divorcé.
Breaking up completely
- separationState of being apart
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- custodyProtective care or control
alimony · petition · filing · proceedings · annulment · mediation · litigation · judgment
Declared void from start
- sinViolation of divine law
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- covenantBinding formal pledge
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
dispensation · remarriage · forbidden · congregation · clergy · confession · absolution · Catholic
Protective care or control
- childrenYoung human beings
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- stepfamilyHousehold joined by remarriage
blended · guardianship · split · holidays · schedules · grandparents · relatives · in-laws
Court-ordered post-divorce payments
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- assetsOwned items of value
- divisionSplitting into parts
- propertySomething owned or inherent
debt · equitable · prenup · valuation · pension · retirement · mortgage · accounts
Crushing emotional pain
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- healingRestoration of health
- closureSense of emotional resolution
loss · anger · resentment · acceptance · trauma · loneliness · devastation · relief
Mark of dishonor
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- communityCollective of connected people
- friendsVoluntary close relations
sides · isolation · dating · remarriage · single · disclosure · announcement · explaining
dissolution
Breaking up completely
- separationState of being apart
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
custody · alimony · petition · filing · proceedings · annulment · mediation · litigation · judgment · court
annulment
Declared void from start
sacrament · dispensation · remarriage · forbidden · congregation · clergy · confession · absolution · Catholic · Islamic
custody
Protective care or control
- childrenYoung human beings
- co-parentingJoint child-rearing by separated adults
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
stepfamily · blended · guardianship · split · holidays · schedules · grandparents · relatives · in-laws · siblings
alimony
Court-ordered post-divorce payments
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- assetsOwned items of value
- divisionSplitting into parts
property · debt · equitable · prenup · valuation · pension · retirement · mortgage · accounts · maintenance
heartbreak
Crushing emotional pain
closure · loss · anger · resentment · acceptance · trauma · loneliness · devastation · relief · sadness
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- communityCollective of connected people
friends · sides · isolation · dating · remarriage · single · disclosure · announcement · explaining · workplace
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- celebrity newscelebrity gossip, paparazzi, tabloids, TMZ, E! News
- high societygossip, socialites, socialite, aristocrats, aristocrat
- legal actsassignment, agreements, bequest, contracts, conveyance
- cafe societysocialites, glitterati, bon vivants, jet setters, debutantes
- splitssplits, divisions, separations, partings, breaks
- 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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