divorce

Definitions


[dɪˈvɔːs], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
(e.g: her divorce from her first husband)


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Origin:
late Middle English: the noun from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, based on divertere (see divert); the verb from Old French divorcer, from late Latin divortiare, from divortium


[dɪˈvɔːs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone)
(e.g: she divorced him in 1965)

- separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect
(e.g: religion cannot be divorced from morality)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: the noun from Old French divorce, from Latin divortium, based on divertere (see divert); the verb from Old French divorcer, from late Latin divortiare, from divortium




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