Scheidung — meaning in English

English meaning

• divorce noun The legal ending of a marriage.
• severance noun The act of ending or cutting off a relationship, connection, or employment.

Senses

Scheidung is used for these senses in English:

• divorce The legal dissolution of a marriage.
• severance The act of severing or the state of being severed.

divorce — full definition

1. noun The legal ending of a marriage.
2. verb To legally end one's marriage.
3. verb To separate two things that were previously connected.

severance — full definition

1. noun The act of ending or cutting off a relationship, connection, or employment.
2. noun Money paid to an employee when their job ends, often due to layoffs.

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