divorce

/də-ˈvȯrs/

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

noun

  1. the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage

  2. separation, severance

verb

  1. to legally dissolve one's marriage with : to end marriage with (one's spouse) by divorce

  2. to dissolve the marriage contract between

  3. to make or keep separate : separate

She divorced her husband.

separate part divide sever sunder divorce mean to become or cause to become disunited or disjointed. separate may imply any of several causes such as dispersion, removal of one from others, or presence of an intervening thing. part implies the separating of things or persons in close union or association.

noun

  1. a divorced man