di·vorce (dĭ-vôrs', -vōrs')
n.

1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
2. A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.

v., -vorced, -vorc·ing, -vorc·es.

v.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.

v.intr.
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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