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noun
1.
a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, especially one that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations. Compare judicial separation.
2.
any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom.
3.
total separation; disunion: a divorce between thought and action.
verb (used with object)
4.
to separate by divorce: The judge divorced the couple.
5.
to break the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse) by divorce: She divorced her husband.
6.
to separate; cut off: Life and art cannot be divorced.
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Divorced
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verb (used without object)
7.
to get a divorce.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin dīvortium separation, equivalent to dīvort(ere), variant of dīvertere to divert + -ium -ium
1350–1400; Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin dīvortium separation, equivalent to dīvort(ere), variant of dīvertere to divert + -ium -ium
Related forms
di·vorce·a·ble, adjective
di·vorc·er, noun
di·vor·cive, adjective
non·di·vorced, adjective
un·di·vorce·a·ble, adjective
EXPANDun·di·vorced, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
6. dissociate, divide, disconnect, split, disjoin.
6. dissociate, divide, disconnect, split, disjoin.
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Word Origin & History
divorce
late 14c., from O.Fr. divorce, from L. divortium "separation, dissolution of marriage," from divertere "to separate, leave one's husband, turn aside" (see divert). Not distinguished in English from legal separation until mid-19c. Related: Divorced; divorcing.
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