divorce
Meaning of divorce
noun
- the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.
her divorce from her first husband
one in three marriages ends in divorce
- legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone).
she divorced him in 1965
they divorced eight years later
- separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect.
religion cannot be divorced from morality
late Middle English: the noun from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, based on divertere (see divert); the verb from Old French divorcer, from late Latin divortiare, from divortium .
noun
a divorced person.
early 19th century: from French divorcé(e) ‘divorced man (or woman)’.
Information about divorce
- The plural form of divorce is: divorces.
- Languages in which divorce is used:
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Hyphenation of divorce
di-vorce
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- divorce is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
divorce synonyms
Meaning divorcement:
Meaning disassociate:
disassociate, dissociate, disunite, disjoint
Meaning the action of formally ending or dismissing an assembly, partnership, or official body:
Meaning the act of annulling something:
Meaning the action or state of moving or being moved apart:
Meaning the breaking up of something such as a federation:
Meaning an ending of a marriage or other relationship:
Meaning the action of ending a connection or relationship:
Meaning an instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely:
Meaning an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct:
Meaning the action of leaving or being separated from someone:
Meaning (in Islamic law) a form of divorce initiated by the wife, which is effected by the return of her husband's wedding gift:
Meaning (in Islamic law) divorce effected by the husband's enunciation of the word ‘talaq’, this constituting a formal repudiation of his wife:
Meaning (in the past or in non-Christian religions) disown or divorce (one's wife):
Meaning stop living together as a couple:
Meaning break the connection of or between:
Meaning separate or be separated into parts:
Meaning divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly:
Meaning separate or disunite:
Meaning leave or separate oneself from (a group or place):
Meaning cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others:
Meaning make (someone) feel isolated or estranged:
Meaning split apart:
Meaning divide or sever (something):
divorce antonyms
Meaning the legally or formally recognized union of two people as partners in a personal relationship (historically and in some jurisdictions specifically a union between a man and a woman):
Meaning join in marriage:
Meaning come or bring together for a common purpose or action:
Translation of divorce
- Italian: divorzio, divorziare
- German: Scheidung, scheiden
- French: divorce, divorcer
- Spanish: divorcio, divorciar, divorciarse
- Portuguese: divórcio
Anagrams of divorce
Words that rhyme with divorce
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