marriage breakdown
Union falling apart
Marriage breakdown is the deterioration or failure of a marital relationship, typically leading to separation or divorce.
The term appears frequently in legal and social contexts: The court considered the marriage breakdown when dividing assets.
It frames the end of a marriage as a process rather than a single event, emphasizing gradual dissolution over sudden rupture.
- infidelityDisloyalty to a partner
- emotional affairNon-physical romantic betrayal
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
stigma · moving out · starting over · custody battles · anger · family dynamics · religious beliefs · mediation · loneliness · betrayal · trust issues · growing apart · legal separation · trial separation · incompatibility · irreconcilable differences · financial stress · relief
- breakdownsfailure, emotional collapse, meltdown, crisis, collapse
- divorcedivorce court, divorce decree, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
marriage breakdownreconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
reunion · getting back together · recommitment · making up · healing
marriage, breakdown, married, marrying, unmarried, marriageable, remarry, remarriage, break