Divorce and Reconciling

Divorce

Divorce verb - To set or force apart.

Reconciling is an antonym for divorce.

Reconciling

Reconciling adjective - Tending to reconcile or accommodate; bringing into harmony.

Divorce is an antonym for reconciling in topics: adjust, resign oneself to something.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The First Wives Club Aaron kicks the hardest when he spends a romantic night with Annie, leading her to believe they're reconciling, only to tell her that he wants a divorce.
  • Film / Three Wise Girls Worst News Judgment Ever: Gladys gets the bad news of Arthur reconciling with his wife via a front-page newspaper headline, "Arthur Phelps And Wife Reconciled." Later, Jerry delivers the good news of his divorce by showing Cassie a front-page headline reporting exactly that.
  • Film / The Theory of Everything In reality, he was made a CBE in 1982, started drafting A Brief History of Time in 1984, lost the ability to speak in 1985, and separated from Jane in 1990, only reconciling with her after his divorce from Elaine Mason in 2006.
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