DIVORCE  離婚

STOP one's MARRIAGE.
DISSOLVE ONE'S MARRIAGEANNUL ONE'S MARRIAGEEND ONE'S MARRIAGEGET A DIVORCE
Antonym
  • MARRYCAUSE someone to BECOME a HUSBAND OR a WIFE.
    Hypernym
    • STOPACT so as NOT to CONTINUE NOW:present ACTION.
      • ACTMOVE OR NOT MOVE CONFORMING to one's SELF:own DECIDE:decision.
        • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
          • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2....
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. The standard word for divorce refers only to the husband sending away his wife: chū 出.

    NB: Xiū 休 is post-Han, Tang.

    Modern Chinese Criteria
    離婚

    離異

    離

    退婚

    退親

    悔婚

    休妻

    下堂

    休

    rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

    • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

      DIVORCE

      repudium refers to the one-sided action by a man to send away his betrothed bride or his married wife.

      divortium is divorce by mutual consent between husband and wife.

    • 中國文化史三百題 ( SANBAITI 1987) p. 383

    • A New Dictionary of Classical Greek Synonyms ( T.W.HARBSMEIER 2004) p. no.85

    Words

    出  chū OC: khljud MC: tɕhʷit 8 AttributionsWD

    The standard word for divorce refers only to the husband sending away his wife: chū 出.

      Syntactic words
    • nabpassive(possible, conceivable) divorce, the (possibility of) having taken away one's status as a wifeCH
    • vtoNto send away; (for a mother-in-law) to send away (a daughter-in-law); to divorce (a woman)
    • vtoNpassivebe divorced (by one's husband)CH
    去  qù OC: khas MC: khi̯ɤ 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • nabactdivorce
    • vtoNdivorce
    • vtoNmiddle voicebe divorced
    棄  qì OC: khils MC: khi 5 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vtoNdiscard> divorce; get divorced from [it is obviously difficult to say whether this is a separate meaning. This entry just serves as a reminder that the discarding can be figuratively of wives one divorces. Cf. English: "he ditched her"]
    • vtoNpassivebe divorced
    絕  jué OC: dzod MC: dziɛt 2 AttributionsWD
      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)divorce from contextually determinate person N; cut off the engagement with contextually determinate person NTW
    • vtoNdivorce from; cut off the engagement with
    休  xiū OC: qhu MC: hɨu 0 AttributionsWD

    NB: Xiū 休 is post-Han, Tang.

      Syntactic words
    • vtoNpost-Han: TANG BIANWEN: divorce (one's wife)

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