n.
- The legal dissolution of a marriage.
- A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.
v., -vorced, -vorc·ing, -vorc·es. v.tr.
- To dissolve the marriage bond between.
- To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
- To cut off; separate or disunite: an idea that was completely divorced from reality. See synonyms at separate.
To obtain a divorce.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvortere, to divert, variant of dīvertere. See divert.]
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