Divorces

noun

Word Frequency: 0.9

Definitions

1.nounThe legal dissolution of a marriage.

"Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."

2.nounA separation of connected things.

"The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."

3.nounThat which separates.

4.verbTo legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."

5.verbTo end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."

6.verbTo obtain a legal divorce.

"Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."

7.verbTo separate something that was connected.

"The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."