divorcement

noun

di·​vorce·​ment də̇ˈvōrsmənt 

-vȯrs-, 

-vōəs-, 

-vȯ(ə)s-;

sometimes dīˈ-—see 2divorce

plural -s

1

archaic : the act or an instance of divorcing : dissolution of marriage ties : divorce

2

: the act, process, or an instance of separating things closely joined

claimed the divorcement of theory from practice had gone to extreme lengths

: the state of being separated

too long have art and the church lived in divorcement from each other

—J. F. Hayward

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