Synonyms of the word

divorcement

• n. (figuratively, psychology) Complete detachment or disunion.
• n. (obsolete) divorce.

divorce

• n. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
• n. A separation of connected things.
• n. (obsolete) That which separates.
• v. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
• v. (transitive) To end one's own marriage in this way.
• v. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
• v. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.

separation

• n. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
• n. The place at which a division occurs.
• n. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
• n. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
• n. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.