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divorcement

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English divorce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divorcement From divorce + -ment.

  1. Divorce; dissolution of a marriage.

    [W]hen a man seduces a woman, […] the man should be legally obliged to maintain the woman and her children, unless adultery, a natural divorcement, abrogated the law.

  2. Complete detachment or disunion.