Divorce

Quick meaning: Divorce is a noun meaning The legal dissolution of a marriage.

Meaning

The legal dissolution of a marriage.

More Meanings

1. A separation of connected things.
2. (zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
3. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
4. (transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
5. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
6. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
7. (obsolete) That which separates.

Example Sentences

To make divorce of their incorporate league

A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

Word Forms

• divorces
• divorcing
• divorced

Synonyms for divorce

Depending on context, synonyms include divorcement, partition, separation, severance, disassociate, disjoint.

Antonyms for divorce

Common opposites include marriage, marry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dissociate, disunite, disjoint, divorcee, married, marriage.

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