divorcement

noun

Definition of divorcementnext
as in severance

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  1. severance
  2. separation
  3. detachment
  4. breakup
  5. dissolution
Noun
  • The filing also details the adoption of an Executive Change in Control Severance Plan, which provides severance payments and benefits for executive officers in the event of a qualifying termination of employment in connection with a change in control.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 3 Dec. 2024
  • According to Intel, Gelsinger is eligible to receive a severance payment worth 18 months of his annual base salary of $1,250,000, as well as 1.5 times his annual target bonus, which is set at 275% of his base salary.
    Jenn Brice, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of severance
Noun
  • Indeed, the process of separation was emotionally painful, but the act of living through a strained relationship can be equally, if not more, draining.
    Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The groups were split among men and women, Democrats and Republicans; the separation was intended, Gonzalez said, to avoid turning conversations into political arguments.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of separation
Noun
  • Foremost among them are the principles of practice and detachment.
    Chrissy Carter, Outside Online, 30 Nov. 2024
  • While sister-in-law Jackie would exude sophistication and cool detachment, Ethel would lead the charge during one of the many famous Kennedy touch football games, unafraid to trounce her own children and once even playfully biting writer George Plimpton on the ankle in a bid toward victory.
    Kathy Ehrich Dowd, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of detachment
Noun
  • Instead of fixating on the peaks (the unforgettable highs) or the end (the breakup or final moments), try to focus on the entire relationship.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • These events and growing creative differences amongst the group contributed to the breakup.
    Skyler Trepel, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of breakup
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  • Prescott presents the dissolution of the monasteries from the numerous interlaced viewpoints of ordinary people – nuns made homeless, devout country people bewildered, the instigators of the Pilgrimage of Grace heading towards their ghastly ends.
    The Week UK, theweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The high-voltage operation leads to issues such as transition metal dissolution, corrosion stress cracking and electrolyte oxidation, which result in poor coulombic efficiency and short cycle life.
    Matthew Dawson, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of dissolution
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