divorce
Meaning
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- The legal dissolution of a marriage.
- A separation of connected things.
- The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
- (obsolete) That which separates.
Synonyms
divorcement
get divorced
get a divorce
separate from
divorced woman
dissociate oneself from
divorced man
take leave of
severing of connections
unrealized marriage
unrealised marriage
dissolution of adoption
broken mirror
marital separation
leave each other
dissolve a marriage
sever relations
separationism
fall from the plant
Frequency
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.
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