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divorce

7 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) divorce (noun)
  2. 2) divorce (verb)
  3. divorcé (noun)
  4. divorce mill (noun)
  5. bill of divorce
  6. limited divorce (noun)
  7. migratory divorce (noun)

1di·vorce

noun \də-ˈvȯrs also dī-\

Definition of DIVORCE

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

  1. Since getting a divorce, she has been raising her children alone.
  2. They went through a lengthy divorce.
  3. Their marriage ended in divorce.
  4. Financial problems are a leading cause of divorce.

Origin of DIVORCE

Middle English divorse, from Anglo-French, from Latin divortium, from divertere, divortere to divert, to leave one's husband
First Known Use: 14th century

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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