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divorcement

[dih-vawrs-muhnt, -vohrs-] / dɪˈvɔrs mənt, -ˈvoʊrs- /


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Indeed, though his position papers and public pronouncements inch toward independence from the Johnson Administration, Humphrey himself vacillates, afraid that outright divorcement has perhaps even more dangers than advantages.

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"If divorcement had been ordered, stocks would have gone down ten points."

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Moreover, added Sam, well aware of the closeness of many moviemakers, "it will be necessary to see that divorcement means more than just a transfer of circuit control from one set of hands to another."

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He was sure that the lower court would order divorcement.

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This being the case, the woman will lie and deceive her husband in order to escape divorcement.

From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by Hume-Griffith, A.




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