DIVORCEMENT Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divorcement

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Definition of divorcement

as in severance

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Noun

During meetings in June and July, some of the 15-member board backed Crespi, pushing to give her nine months’ severance and taking issue with Rosado’s decision to publicly criticize her.

— Tess Riski August 5, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Meta Platforms said Wednesday its second-quarter profit declined even as revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations, as legal expenses and severance costs for recent layoffs weighed on its results.

— Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of severance

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In December 1990, the pair married, but 11 years later, in February of 2001, the couple announced their separation.

— Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 8 Aug. 2026
The couple—who share two daughters, Sunday Rose, 18, and Faith Margaret, 15—announced their separation in September 2025, ultimately finalizing their divorce in January 2026.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026

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Yoon’s style recalls the stricken narrative detachment of the young soldiers in Remarqué’s and Hemingway’s World War I and Tim O’Brien’s Vietnam.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
The Shards is a series made for (and probably by) people who can’t always distinguish among kitsch, camp, ironic detachment and affectionate nostalgia, and, frankly, don’t care.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of detachment

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Avoiding a court case also helped keep the the reason behind their breakup a mystery, though both have since hinted that the burden of fame and the constant pressure of being in the spotlight were more than the couple could bear.

— Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 8 Aug. 2026
Safety DeShon Singleton registered a 7-on-7 breakup against Fields.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of breakup

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Add to that simple arithmetic of spouses, divorces and outlier legal risks, and one of the primary forces for the dissolution of previous wealth or company control becomes self-evident.

— Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Goodman laments the dissolution of the Creative Alliance and the incendiary action of its former participants.

— Kyle MacNeill, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of dissolution

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