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Noun: divorce  di'vors
  1. (law) the legal dissolution of a marriage
    - divorcement
Verb: divorce  di'vors
  1. Part; cease or break association with
    "She divorced herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";
    - disassociate, dissociate, disunite, disjoint
     
  2. Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
    "The couple divorced after only 6 months";
    - split up

Derived forms: divorced, divorcing, divorces

Type of: break, break up, part, separate, separation, split, split up

Encyclopedia: Divorce, Italian Style