divorce

Meaning

Noun

1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
2. A separation of connected things.
3. The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
4. (obsolete) That which separates.

Verb

1. To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
2. To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
3. To obtain a legal divorce.
4. To separate something that was connected.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈvɔːs/

Etymology

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Sentences

Anna threatens to file for divorce if Roberto does not capitulate .