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Divorce
dɪˈvɔːs
Divorce definitions
noun
divorce
divorces
- the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
"her divorce from her first husband"
dissolution annulment official separation judicial separation separation disunion break-up split split-up severance rupture breach parting- a legal decree dissolving a marriage
"my divorce comes through in two weeks"
- a separation between things which were or ought to be connected
"a divorce between ownership and control in the typical large company"
verb
divorce
divorced
divorces
divorcing
- legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone)
"she divorced him in 1965"
split up (with) end one's marriage (to) get a divorce (from) separate (from) part (from) split (from) break up (with) part company (with) dissolve one's marriage (to) annul one's marriage (to) - separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect
"religion cannot be divorced from morality"
separate disconnect divide disunite sever disjoin split dissociate detach isolate alienate set apart keep apart cut off- dissociate oneself from (something)
"a desire to divorce myself from history"