DIVORCEMENT Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

divorcement

noun

Definition of divorcement

as in severance

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Top college football coaches command NFL-caliber salaries; fired head coaches alone have collected over $1 billion in severance since 2015.

— Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of severance

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The goal is to manufacture large-area membranes that can perform highly selective separations under practical operating conditions.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
As Burberry’s fortunes improved, GUS began divesting the company, floating a minority stake on the London Stock Exchange in 2002 and completing its separation from Burberry in 2005.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026

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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

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Kansas safety Taylor Davis had two pass breakups, marking a new career high, while also adding his second career tackle for loss.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
On Friday, Shivon Zilis, the Canadian artificial intelligence engineer who has four children with Elon Musk, announced their breakup on X, the social media network Musk bought in 2022.

— Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 3 Oct. 2026

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The formal dissolution of parliament will need to be approved by the Cabinet, which Sánchez has convened for later Monday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
The formal dissolution of parliament will need to be approved by the Cabinet, which Sánchez had convened for later Monday.

— Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of dissolution

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