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divorcement

divorcement noun: divorce; dissolution of a marriage.

Noun

divorcement (countable and uncountable, plural divorcements)

  1. (obsolete) 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.1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) Complete detachment or disunion.

divorcement meaning in Bengali

divorcement in Bengali

বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ, বিবাহ বন্ধন ছিন্ন করা, সম্পূর্ণ বিচ্ছিন্নতা, বিযুক্তি

Forms of divorcement

pluraldivorcements

Origin of divorcement

From divorce + -ment.

Questions about divorcement

What does divorcement mean?
Divorcement means divorce; dissolution of a marriage.
What is divorcement in Bengali?
Divorcement in Bengali is বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ, বিবাহ বন্ধন ছিন্ন করা, সম্পূর্ণ বিচ্ছিন্নতা. See Divorcement meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is divorcement?
Divorcement is a noun.
What is the plural of divorcement?
The plural of divorcement is divorcements.

Words near divorcement in the dictionary

  1. divorcedness
  2. divorcee
  3. divorcees
  4. divorceless
  5. divorcelessness
  6. divorcement
  7. divorcements
  8. divorcer
  9. divorcers
  10. divorces
  11. divorces a mensa et thoro

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