Link Centre Dictionary

divorce

di·vorce

UK/dɪˈvɔːs/ US/-voəs/ common
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

verb

1.

part; cease or break association with

  • “She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president”
Synonyms
2.

get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

  • “The couple divorced after only 6 months”
Synonyms

Origin

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

Phrases

  • alpine divorce
  • bifurcated divorce
  • big divorce energy
  • divorce a mensa et thoro
  • divorce bill
  • divorce from bed and board
  • divorce mill
  • divorce rape
  • innocently divorced

Related words

Word family

Broader terms

Entails

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.