divorce
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Noun 3 meanings
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
“Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.”
A 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.”
The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
Verb 4 meanings
To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
“A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.”
To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
“Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.”
To obtain a legal divorce.
“Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.”
To separate something that was connected.
“The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.”
Etymology
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
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DIVORCE at a glance
DIVORCE has 7 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + V 4 + O 1 + R 1 + C 3 + E 1) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,799 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with divorce
All rhymes- FORCE10
- SOURCE8
- RESOURCE10
- COMMERCE16
- ENFORCE12
- WORKFORCE21
- PIERCE10
- FIERCE11
- REINFORCE14
- SCARCE10
- PEARCE10
- FARCE10
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