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DIVORCEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does divorcement mean?
• DIVORCEMENT (noun)
The noun DIVORCEMENT has 1 sense:
1. the legal dissolution of a marriage
Familiarity information: DIVORCEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legal dissolution of a marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
divorce; divorcement
Hypernyms ("divorcement" is a kind of...):
separation (the social act of separating or parting company)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
divorce (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)
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