DIVORCE
\dɪvˈɔːs], \dɪvˈɔːs], \d_ɪ_v_ˈɔː_s]\
Definitions of DIVORCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Legal Glossary Database
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
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get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
By Princeton University
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part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
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get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
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Separation; disunion of things closely united.
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That which separates.
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To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
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To separate or disunite; to sunder.
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To make away; to put away.
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The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband - divorce a mensa et toro ( thoro), from bed board.
By Oddity Software
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The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
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Separation; disunion of things closely united.
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That which separates.
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To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
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To separate or disunite; to sunder.
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To make away; to put away.
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The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband - divorce a mensa et toro ( thoro), from bed board.
By Noah Webster.
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The legal termination of marriage. All states require a spouse to identify a legal reason for requesting a divorce when that spouse files the divorce papers with the court. These reasons are referred to as grounds for a divorce.
By Oddity Software
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Legal dissolution of an officially recognized marriage relationship.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Legal dissolution of the marriage contract; disunion.
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To dissolve the marriage contract between; release from close union.
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Divorcement.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The legal separation of husband and wife: the sentence by which a marriage is dissolved.
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To separate: to sunder: to dissolve the marriage-contract of: to put away.
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DIVORCER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A legal dissolution of the bond of matrimony, or the separation of husband and wife by judicial sentence; separation or disunion of things closely united; the sentence or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
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To dissolve the marriage contract between; to disunite things closely connected; to force asunder; to put away. See Divert.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The dissolution of the marriage-bond; a legal separation between man and wife, by which each becomes free to marry another; the sentence or writing dissolving the marriage; a separation of things closely united.
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To dissolve the marriage-bond; to separate or disunite things closely connected; to force asunder; to put away.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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