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di⋅vorce

  [di-vawrs, -vohrs] noun, verb -vorced, -vorc⋅ing.
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–noun
1. a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, esp. 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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to get a divorce.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF < L dīvortium separation, equiv. to dīvort(ere), var. of dīvertere to divert + -ium -ium

Related forms:
di⋅vorce⋅a⋅ble, adjective
di⋅vorc⋅er, noun
di⋅vor⋅cive, adjective

Synonyms:
6. dissociate, divide, disconnect, split, disjoin.
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di·vorce   (dĭ-vôrs', -vōrs')   
n.  
  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  2. A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.
v.   di·vorced, di·vorc·ing, di·vorc·es

v.   tr.
  1. To dissolve the marriage bond between.
  2. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
  3. To cut off; separate or disunite: an idea that was completely divorced from reality. See Synonyms at separate.
v.   intr.
To obtain a divorce.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvortere, to divert, variant of dīvertere; see divert.]
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