Divorce

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  • noun. A court order or other document establishing such a dissolution.
  • noun. A separation between things that were once connected or associated.
  • intransitive verb. To dissolve the marriage bond between (two people).
  • intransitive verb. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
  • intransitive verb. To cut off; separate or disunite: synonym: separate.
  • intransitive verb. To obtain a divorce.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A legal dissolution of the bond of marriage.
  • noun. Hence—2. Complete separation; absolute disjunction; abrogation of any close relation: as, to make divorce between soul and body; the divorce of church and state.
  • noun. The sentence or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
  • noun. A divorced man.
  • To dissolve the marriage contract between by process of law; release legally from the marriage tie; release by legal process from sustaining the relation or performing the duties of husband or wife: absolutely or with from in this and the following senses. See divorce, n., 1.
  • Hence To release or sever from any close connection; force asunder.
  • To take away; put away.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
  • transitive verb. To separate or disunite; to sunder.
  • transitive verb. To make away; to put away.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
  • noun. The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or a mensa et thoro), “from bed and board”.
  • noun. The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
  • noun. Separation; disunion of things closely united.
  • noun. That which separates.
  • noun. See under Bill.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  • noun. A separation of connected things.
  • verb. To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
  • verb. To end one's own marriage in this way.
  • verb. To separate something that was connected.
  • verb. To obtain a legal divorce.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the legal dissolution of a marriage
  • verb. part; cease or break association with
  • verb. get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
  • Word Usage
    "Well, from what I have read on studies of divorce is that some 60% of marriages end in divorce and mostly because of financial issues."
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