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visitation

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌvɪzəˈteɪʃən/ · UK /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/

visitation means: A parent's legal right to spend time with a child who lives with the other parent.

noun

PARENTAL VISITING RIGHTSC1

A parent's legal right to spend time with a child who lives with the other parent.

  • The court granted him visitation rights.
  • She has supervised visitation with her son.
  • The parents disagreed about the visitation schedule.

How to use it: visitation with someone (The father was allowed visitation with his daughter.)

Similar words: access, parental access

Common phrases: visitation rights, supervised visitation, grant visitation, visitation with someone

VISITING SOMEONEC1

The act of visiting someone, often during an officially allowed time.

  • Visitation starts at two o'clock.
  • The prison allows family visitation on Sundays.
  • Hospital visitation was limited during the outbreak.

Similar words: visiting

Common phrases: visitation hours, prison visitation, allow visitation, regular visitation

VIEWING THE DEADC1

A gathering before a funeral where people see the dead person's body and offer support to the family.

  • The visitation is tomorrow evening.
  • Friends offered their condolences at the visitation.
  • The family held a private visitation before the funeral.

Similar words: viewing, wake

Common phrases: hold a visitation, attend the visitation, visitation hours, visitation before burial

Questions about visitation

What does visitation mean?

A parent's legal right to spend time with a child who lives with the other parent.

What is visitation in other languages?

Türkçe: çocukla görüşme hakkı · Español: derecho de visita · Français: droit de visite · Deutsch: Umgangsrecht · Italiano: diritto di visita · 日本語: 面会交流権

How do you pronounce visitation?

In American English /ˌvɪzəˈteɪʃən/; in British English /ˌvɪzɪˈteɪʃən/.

How do you use visitation in a sentence?

The court granted him visitation rights. She has supervised visitation with her son.

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