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divorce
noun 
  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Richard obtained a from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
  1. A separation of connected things.
The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a based along cultural and economic, as well as geographic, lines.
Translations: 
  • French: divorce(fr)m
  • German: Scheidung , Ehescheidung
  • Spanish: divorcio(es)m
verb (divorc, ing)
  1. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot them.
  1. (transitive) To end one's own marriage in this way.
Lucy divorced from Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
  1. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
The radical group voted to itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
  1. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
Translations: 
  • French: divorcer(fr)
  • German: scheiden(de)
  • Italian: divorziare(it)
     
 
  

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