divorcement

C2+ Topic:Family & Relationships

US /dɪˈvɔrsmənt/ UK /dɪˈvɔːsmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the act of divorcing or separating; dissolution of marriage

The poem mourns the divorcement of the soul from the body.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of divorcing or... divorce separation dissolution disunionsundering

Opposites

marriage union wedding

Word family

Related forms divorce divorcee divorced

Etymology

From divorce + -ment; ultimately from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn').

divortium Latin divertere Latin vertere Latin

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Family & Relationships Word Formation & Derivatives

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# divorcement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈvɔrsmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈvɔːsmənt/

## Meanings
1. the act of divorcing or separating; dissolution of marriage

## Examples
- The poem mourns the divorcement of the soul from the body.

## Synonyms
- divorce
- separation
- dissolution
- disunion
- sundering

## Antonyms
- marriage
- union
- wedding

## Related Forms
- divorce
- divorcee
- divorced

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: divortium
- Root: divertere
- Root: vertere

## Etymology
From divorce + -ment; ultimately from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn').

## AI Etymology
Divorcement is from divorce + -ment; ultimately from Latin divortium ('separation'), from divertere ('to turn aside'), from dis- ('apart') + vertere ('to turn'). The ancestry passes through Latin divortium, Latin divertere, and Latin vertere. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a noun, it means "the act of divorcing or separating; dissolution of marriage", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include divorce, divorcee, and divorced.

## Topics
- Family & Relationships
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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