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Divorce
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- 1 The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
- 1 The legal dissolution of a marriage. countable, uncountable
"Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."
- 2 the legal dissolution of a marriage wordnet
- 3 A separation of connected things. countable, uncountable
"The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."
- 4 The separation of a bonded pair of animals. countable, uncountable
- 5 That which separates. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"Go with me like good angels to my end; / And as the long divorce of steel falls on me, / Make of your prayers one sweet sacrifice, / And lift my soul to heaven. Lead on, o' God's name."
- 1 To legally dissolve a marriage between two people. transitive
"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
- 2 part; cease or break association with wordnet
- 3 To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way. transitive
"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
- 4 get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage wordnet
- 5 To obtain a legal divorce. intransitive
"Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."
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- 6 To separate something that was connected. transitive
"The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."
Etymology
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
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