DIVORCEMENT Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divorcement

noun

Definition of divorcement

as in severance

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Noun

The board spent $379,000 investigating Hill, and the former superintendent is also slated to receive $340,700 in severance, the Observer reported previously.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026
The package from Meta was enticing enough for Desai to give up his pay package and severance at MongoDB.

— Samantha Subin,Chris Eudaily, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of severance

Noun

With a little bit of separation from the shocking and utterly devastating news of Dolly the late singer’s death, a clearer view of what actually happened to Parton is starting to emerge.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 30 Sep. 2026
Beyond the trauma of the family’s separation, Nick and Rebekah are also still paying off the financial cost of his lost freedom.

— Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of separation

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Those complications included nail detachment (also known as onycholysis, which is when the nail separates from the nail bed, per the Cleveland Clinic) which impacted 39% of GLP-1 users and 9% of controls.

— Korin Miller, Allure, 2 Oct. 2026
For him, the camera was never an excuse for detachment from human suffering.

— Simon Ellery, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of detachment

Noun

Dakota Johnson and Colin Ferrell amping up the tension, which ultimately has reverberations that go beyond just a bad breakup.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
UConn was a full member of the AAC from 2013-19, after the breakup of the original Big East, then in 2020 rejoined the new Big East most sports and became an FBS independent in football.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

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