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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

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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

Clyde Pangborn, famed 'round-the-world flyer of 1931, now an RAFerryman, was sued in Montreal by his wife for $400 a month separate maintenance.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am now alone, having reserved this evening to answer your long, and Agnes's short letter; but in this single one to both, for I have not matter enough for a separate maintenance.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Walpole, Horace

separate maintenance

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