| divorce | (n) the legal dissolution of a marriage, Syn. divorcement |
| divorce | (v) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage, Syn. split up, Example: The couple divorced after only 6 months |
| divorce court | (n) a court having jurisdiction over the termination of marriage contracts |
| divorcee | (n) a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband, Syn. grass widow |
| divorce lawyer | (n) a lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment |
| Divorce | n. [ F. divorce, L. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. See Divert. ] To make divorce of their incorporate league. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Divorce | v. t. It [ a word ] was divorced from its old sense. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ] Nothing but death |
| Divorceable | a. Capable of being divorced. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| divorced | adj. having a marriage legally terminated and having not remarried. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Divorcee | n. A person divorced. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Divorceless | a. Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Divorcement | n. Dissolution of the marriage tie; divorce; separation. [ 1913 Webster ] Let him write her a divorcement. Deut. xxiv. 1. [ 1913 Webster ] The divorcement of our written from our spoken language. R. Morris. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Divorcer | n. The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Divorcible | a. Divorceable. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Divorcive | a. Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. “This divorcive law.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |