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divorce
1[ dih-vawrs ]
noun
- the act of legally ending a marriage: Compare judicial separation ( def ).
After the divorce, they shared custody of the children.
- any formal separation of spouses according to established custom.
- the act of legally ending a formal contract before its term is up, especially in professional sports:
If there’s a personality clash between the player and the manager, divorce may be the only way out.
It’s a guide to corporate divorce, laying out who pays what to whom at the early termination of a contract.
- a total separation between two things; disunion:
Activists denounced the divorce between thought and action when it came to protecting human rights.
verb (used with object)
- to legally end the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse):
She divorced her husband.
- to permanently separate (a couple) through a judicial declaration that ends their marriage contract:
The judge divorced the couple.
- to separate or cut off:
His view of the situation has become totally divorced from reality.
Synonyms: , , , , , , , , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to legally end one’s marriage:
After 16 years together, they divorced.
I never thought about money till I divorced.
徱ǰé
2[ dih-vawr-sey, -vohr-, -vawr-sey, -vohr- ]
noun
- a divorced man.
divorce
1/ ɪˈɔː /
noun
- the dissolution of a marriage by judgment of a court or by accepted custom
- a judicial decree declaring a marriage to be dissolved
- a separation, esp one that is total or complete
verb
- to separate or be separated by divorce; give or obtain a divorce (to a couple or from one's spouse)
- tr to remove or separate, esp completely
徱ǰé
2/ ɪˈɔːeɪ /
noun
- a man who has been divorced
Gender Note
Derived Forms
- 徱ˈǰ, noun
- 徱ˈǰ, adjective
- 徱ˈǰ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- 徱·ǰ·· adjective
- 徱·ǰ· noun
- 徱·ǰ· adjective
- ԴDz·徱·ǰ adjective
- un·徱·ǰ·· adjective
- ܲ·徱·ǰ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of divorce1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of divorce1
Example Sentences
Park grew up in Downey and Apple Valley, raised mostly by her mother, a school secretary, after her parents divorced.
Morgan’s reply may be apocryphal, but it encompasses the truism that investors should divorce their emotional response to the markets from the cold analysis that should underlie investment decisions, if possible.
Had you divorced, you could have included the name change as part of the paperwork to help change your identification cards.
The couple had two children but divorced after eight years of marriage.
His parents divorced when he was 9, and Kilmer and his brothers lived with their father.
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