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divorcements

divorcements is the plural of divorcement.

Meaning of divorcement

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.

Questions about divorcements

What is divorcements the plural of?
Divorcements is the plural of divorcement.

Words near divorcements in the dictionary

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

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