də̇ˈvōrsmənt, -vȯrs-, -vōəs-, -vȯ(ə)s-; sometimes dīˈ- — see divorce II noun
( -s )
1. archaic : the act or an instance of divorcing : dissolution of marriage ties : divorce
2. : the act, process, or an instance of separating things closely joined
claimed the divorcement of theory from practice had gone to extreme lengths
: the state of being separated
too long have art and the church lived in divorcement from each other — J.F.Hayward