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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024di•vorce /dɪˈvɔrs/USA pronunciation n., v., -vorced, -vorc•ing. n. - Law a formal declaration dissolving a marriage and releasing both spouses by law from all marriage obligations:[countable]She told him she wanted a divorce.
- formal separation of husband and wife:[uncountable]Is divorce allowed in that religion?
v. - to separate by divorce:[~ + object]The judge divorced the couple.
- Law to break the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse) by divorce:[~ + object]She divorced him after twenty years of marriage.
- to get a divorce:[no object]She divorced and remarried later.
- to separate;
cut off: [no object]Life and art cannot be divorced.[~ + object + from + object]Can you divorce life from art? di•vorced, adj.: divorced couples. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024di•vorce (di vôrs′, -vōrs′),USA pronunciation n., v. -vorced, -vorc•ing. n. - Lawa judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, esp. one that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations. Cf. judicial separation.
- any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom.
- total separation;
disunion:a divorce between thought and action. v.t. - to separate by divorce:The judge divorced the couple.
- Lawto break the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse) by divorce:She divorced her husband.
- to separate;
cut off:Life and art cannot be divorced. v.i. - to get a divorce.
- Latin dīvortium separation, equivalent. to dīvort(ere), variant of dīvertere to divert + -ium -ium
- Anglo-French
- Middle English 1350–1400
di•vorce′a•ble, adj. di•vorc′er, n. di•vor′cive, adj. - 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged dissociate, divide, disconnect, split, disjoin.
di•vor•cé (di vôr sā′, -vōr-, -vôr′sā, -vōr′-),USA pronunciation n. - a divorced man.
- Medieval Latin dīvortiāre to divorce, derivative of Latin dīvortium divorce
- French, noun, nominal use of masculine past participle of divorcer
- 1805–15
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