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separate maintenance

NOUN
divorce
Synonyms
STRONGEST
annulment breakup dissolution separation split
STRONG
breach break detachment disparateness dissociation disunion division divorcement partition rupture severance splitsville
WEAK
decree nisi dedomiciling parting of the ways
Antonyms
STRONG
agreement association attachment combination connection juncture union unity
WEAK
marriage

Example Sentences

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The separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

A separate maintenance loan is intended to cover accommodation, food, books and equipment.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Most inspection reports will separate maintenance work from more pressing matters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Involved, somehow, was Mrs. Heifetz' suit for $3,750 monthly separate maintenance and child support, and Heifetz' counter-offer of $1,213.

From Time Magazine Archive

No limited divorce; but wife has an action for separate maintenance in case of desertion or neglect to provide on part of husband.

From A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Hecker, Eugene Arthur