divorce

²divorce

verb

di·vorceddi·vorc·ing

Definition of DIVORCE

transitive verb

1

a : to end marriage with (one's spouse) by divorce <she divorced her husband> b : to dissolve the marriage contract between <they were divorced last year>

2

: to make or keep separate : separate <divorce church from state>

intransitive verb

: to obtain a divorce

— di·vorce·ment \-ˈvȯr-smənt\ noun

Examples of DIVORCE

1. After years of unhappiness, she decided to divorce him.
2. They both agreed it was best to divorce.
3. Their constitution divorces church and state.

First Known Use of DIVORCE

15th century

Related to DIVORCE

Synonyms: break up, decouple, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, separate, part, ramify, resolve, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke

Antonyms: join, link, unify, unite

Related Words: break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve; bifurcate, bisect, cleave, dichotomize, dissect, fractionalize, fractionate, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect; fragment, fragmentate, fragmentize; break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear; cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester; detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie

Near Antonyms: assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mix; connect, couple; accumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld

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Rhymes with DIVORCE

clotheshorse, concourse, crash course, dark horse, dawn horse, dead horse, deforce, discourse, dray horse, endorse, enforce, extrorse, golf course, gut course, high horse, introrse, iron horse, midcourse, of course, Old Norse, one-horse, packhorse, perforce, post-horse, racecourse, racehorse, recourse, redhorse, remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse, sea horse, stringcourse, trial horse, unhorse, warhorse, wheelhorse, Whitehorse, workhorse