divorcing
Ending a marriage
Divorcing is legally ending a marriage.
The word appears as a present participle or adjective: The divorcing couple agreed to share custody.
It extends to any decisive separation: He's divorcing himself from his past, The company is divorcing itself from its controversial founder.
Protective care or control
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- mediationIntervention to resolve conflict
decree · court · petitioner · respondent · dissolution · spousal support · family law · judge
Opportunity to restart unburdened
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
dating · resilience · hope · growth · transformation · independence · freedom · empowerment
Dividing into parts
- partingAct of leaving another
- uncouplingAct of disconnecting
- severingCutting apart completely
- estrangingCausing emotional separation
detaching · disuniting · disentangling · decoupling · disengaging · breaking up · separating · moving out
Crushing emotional pain
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- sadnessState of emotional pain
relief · guilt · loneliness · anxiety · depression · healing · closure · counseling
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- acrimonyBitter ill will
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
dispute · discord · estrangement · tension · grievance · rift · feuding · quarrel
custody
Protective care or control
- alimonyCourt-ordered post-divorce payments
- attorneyLicensed legal representative
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
mediation · decree · court · petitioner · respondent · dissolution · spousal support · family law · judge · litigation
fresh start
Opportunity to restart unburdened
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- reinventionComplete self-transformation
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
second chance · dating · resilience · hope · growth · transformation · independence · freedom · empowerment · autonomy
splitting
Dividing into parts
- partingAct of leaving another
- uncouplingAct of disconnecting
- severingCutting apart completely
estranging · detaching · disuniting · disentangling · decoupling · disengaging · breaking up · separating · moving out · dividing
heartbreak
Crushing emotional pain
sadness · relief · guilt · loneliness · anxiety · depression · healing · closure · counseling · therapy
animosity
Active, bitter hostility
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- bitternessSharp, unpleasant taste or feeling
- acrimonyBitter ill will
hostility · dispute · discord · estrangement · tension · grievance · rift · feuding · quarrel · contention
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, select
- repudiatingrenouncing, disclaiming, rejecting, disavowing, disowning
- speech actsspeaking, talking, uttering, pronouncement, locution
divorcingmarrying
Entering into matrimony
getting married · wedding · tying the knot · exchanging vows · eloping
divorcingjoining
Linking into one
combining · uniting · merging · associating · connecting
divorcingreconciling
Resolving a dispute
reuniting · getting back together · making up · recommitting · mending
divorce, divorced, divorces, divorcee, divorcement, divorceable