Main Entry: ¹di·vorce

Pronunciation: \də-ˈvȯrs also dī-\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English divorse, from Anglo-French, from Latin divortium, from divertere, divortere to divert, to leave one's husband

Date: 14th century

1 : the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage
2 : separation, severance <divorce of the secular and the spiritual>