English Explanatory Dictionary

divorce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  2. A separation of connected things.
  3. The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
  4. That which separates.
verb
  1. To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
  2. To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
  3. To obtain a legal divorce.
  4. To separate something that was connected.
name
  1. The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈvɔːs/ /-voəs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-divorce.wav /dɪˈvoɹs/ /-vo(ː)ɹs/

Word forms

divorce divorces divorcing divorced

Etymology

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Synonyms

divorcement partition separation severance split up disassociate disjoint dissociate disunite separate

Antonyms

marriage marry

Derived words

antidivorce bifurcated divorce big divorce energy divorce a mensa et thoro divorce bill divorce from bed and board divorceless divorce mill divorce rape divortiality dudevorce gray divorce grey divorce Mexican divorce migratory divorce no-fault divorce nondivorce postdivorce predivorce Reno divorce sleep divorce Spenard divorce velvet divorce divorcee divorcive redivorce undivorce divorceable divorcer divorcible innocently divorced nondivorcing
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