divorce

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Synonyms

separate

separation

part

divorcement

split

leave

split up

divide

disunite

get divorced

separated

abandon

get a divorce

break up

disassociate

repudiate

disunion

dissociate

disjoint

disengage

divorced woman

divorcée

sever

separate from

release

sunder

differentiation

distinction

differential

diverge

black humor

disown

difference

dismissal

line

dismiss

differ

banishment

disjunction

isolation

cut off

harvest

give up

gather

leave out

let go

disconnect

murder

parting

compartment

Translations

divorce

divorcio

divorzio

divorcer

Scheidung

Ehescheidung

divorziare

divórcio

echtscheiding

διαζύγιο

divorciar

scheiden

divorci

طلاق

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 .