diriment

[dir-uh-muhnt]

dir·i·ment

[dir-uh-muhnt]
adjective
causing to become wholly void; nullifying.

Origin:
1840–50; < Latin diriment-, stem of dirimēns, present participle of dirimere; see diremption
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Diriment is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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diriment (ˈdɪrɪmənt)
 
adj
1.  (of an impediment to marriage in canon law) totally invalidating
2.  rare nullifying
 
[C19: from Latin dirimēns separating, from Latin dirimere to part, from dis-1 + emere to obtain]

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