divorce
/dɪˈvɔːs/
Misollar
- Divorce is contrary to divine law.
- We have to get a divorce.
- We need to get a divorce.
- I got a divorce from him.
- Did you divorce Tom long ago?
- It's a marriage awaiting divorce.
fe’l verb
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To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
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To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
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To obtain a legal divorce.
Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
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To separate something that was connected.
The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
ot noun
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The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
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A separation of connected things.
The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
- That which separates.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.