Complete Definition of "divorce"

English
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Pronunciation

Noun
en-noun

  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.

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

  1. 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.

Synonyms
(legal dissolution of a marriage): divorcement
(separation of connected things): partition, separation, severance

Translations
trans-top|legal dissolution of a marriage
Chinese:
Finnish: t+|fi|avioero
French: t+|fr|divorce|m
German: Scheidung f, Ehescheidung f
Hebrew: ��ר�ש�� (girushym) m|p
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (���, rikon)
Korean: �� (��, ihon)
Kurdish:

Polish: t+|pl|rozwód|m
Romanian: divorţ n, desp�rţire f
Serbian: brakorazvod
Spanish: t-|es|divorcio|m
Swedish: skilsmässa, äktenskapsskillnad
trans-bottom

trans-top|separation of connected things
Finnish: ero, erottelu
trans-mid
Romanian: desp�rţire f
Serbian: t-|sr|razvod
Swedish: skiljande n, skilsmässa c
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Verb
en-verb|divorc|ing

  1. transitive To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

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

  1. transitive To end one's own marriage in this way.

#: Lucy divorced from Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

  1. transitive To separate something that was connected.

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

  1. intransitive To obtain a legal divorce.

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

Synonyms
(to legally dissolve a marriage): split up
(to separate something that was connected): disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

Translations
trans-top|to legally dissolve a marriage
Finnish: t+|fi|erota
French: t+|fr|divorcer
German: t+|de|scheiden
Italian: t+|it|divorziare
trans-mid
Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, dealach-pòsaidh
Swedish: skilja sig från
trans-bottom

trans-top|to end one's own marriage
Finnish: t+|fi|erota
Hebrew: ��ת�רש (lehitgaresh)
trans-mid
Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, dealach-pòsaidh
Swedish: skilja sig från
trans-bottom

trans-top|to separate something that was connected
Finnish: t+|fi|erottaa
trans-mid
Romanian: desp�rţi
Scottish Gaelic: dealaich, cuir air leth
Swedish: skilja, skilja åt
trans-bottom

trans-top|to obtain a legal divorce
Finnish: erota, hankkia avioero
Hebrew: ��ת�רש (lehitgaresh)
trans-mid
Romanian: divorţa, desp�rţi
Swedish: skilja sig, skiljas
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Ido: divorco


French

Noun
fr-noun|m

  1. divorce#Noun|divorce

Verb
infl|fr|verb form

  1. Form of divorcer

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