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di·vorce  audio  (d-vôrs, -vrs) KEY  

NOUN:
  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
  2. A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.
VERB:
di·vorced , di·vorc·ing , di·vorc·es
VERB:
tr.
  1. To dissolve the marriage bond between.
  2. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
  3. To cut off; separate or disunite: an idea that was completely divorced from reality. See Synonyms at separate.
VERB:
intr.
To obtain a divorce.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dvortium, from dvortere, to divert, variant of dvertere ; see divert


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