divorces
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Definitions ofdivorces
- The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Example: "Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."
- A separation of connected things.
Example: "The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."
- That which separates.
- To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
Example: "A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
- To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Example: "Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
- To obtain a legal divorce.
Example: "Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."
- To separate something that was connected.
Example: "The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."
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