noun🔗ShareThe legal dissolution of a marriage."After many years of marriage, they finalized their divorce last week. "familylawsocietyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA separation of connected things."The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."familylawsocietyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThat which separates."The divorce of the two companies created a lot of uncertainty for their employees. "familylawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo legally dissolve a marriage between two people."A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."familylawsocietyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way."Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."familylawsocietyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo obtain a legal divorce."Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."familylawessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo separate something that was connected."The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."familylawsocietyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading