n. 1. the formal termination of a marriage, partnership, or other judicial proceeding. 2. in psychoanalytic theory, this refers to the neutralizing of unpalatable ideas, by converting them into daydreams or other fantasies.
n. 1. the formal termination of a marriage, partnership, or other judicial proceeding. 2. in psychoanalytic theory, this refers to the neutralizing of unpalatable ideas, by converting them into daydreams or other fantasies.