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   divorce

   /dɪˈvɔːs/

   noun

   • 1. the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body: "her divorce from her first husband" Similar dissolutionannulmentofficial separationjudicial separationseparationdisunionbreak-upsplitsplit-upseverancerupturebreachpartingkhulatalaqOpposite marriage
   • ▪ 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" Similar separationdivisionseverancesplitpartitiondisunitydisuniondistanceestrangementalienationvariancedifferenceschismgulfchasmOpposite unity

   verb

   • 1. legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone): "she divorced him in 1965" Similar 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)repudiateinformal:bust up (with)Opposite marry
   • 2. separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect: "religion cannot be divorced from morality" Similar separatedisconnectdividedisuniteseverdisjoinsplitdissociatedetachisolatealienateset apartkeep apartcut offarchaic:sunderrare:disseverOpposite unite
   • ▪ dissociate oneself from (something): "a desire to divorce myself from history"

   Word Origin late Middle English: the noun from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, based on divertere (see divert); the verb from Old French divorcer, from late Latin divortiare, from divortium.

   Derivatives

   • 1. divorcement noun

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    noun. /dɪˈvɔːs/ /dɪˈvɔːrs/ [uncountable, countable] the legal ending of a marriage. The marriage ended in divorce in 1996. an increase in the divorce rate (= the number of divorces in a year) They have agreed to get a divorce. Divorce proceedings (= the legal process of divorce) started today. Bella wants a divorce.