Divorce (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, especially one that releases the marriage partners from all matrimonial obligations.
  2. any formal separation of spouses according to established custom.
  3. total separation; disunion: a divorce between thought and action.
verb (used with object), di·vorced, di·vorc·ing.
  1. to break the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse) by divorce: She divorced her husband.
  2. to separate by divorce: The judge divorced the couple.
  3. to separate; cut off: Life and art cannot be divorced.
verb (used without object), di·vorced, di·vorc·ing.
  1. to get a divorce.
noun
  1. a divorced man.
noun
  1. the dissolution of a marriage by judgment of a court or by accepted custom
  2. a judicial decree declaring a marriage to be dissolved
  3. a separation, esp one that is total or complete
verb
  1. to separate or be separated by divorce; give or obtain a divorce (to a couple or from one's spouse)
  2. to remove or separate, esp completely
noun
  1. a man who has been divorced
Divorce (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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