Divorce
[dɪ'vɔːs] or [dɪ'vɔrs]
Definition
(noun.) the legal dissolution of a marriage.
(verb.) get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; 'The couple divorced after only 6 months'.
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Definition
(n.) A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
(n.) The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."
(n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
(n.) Separation; disunion of things closely united.
(n.) That which separates.
(n.) To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
(n.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.
(n.) To make away; to put away.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Separation (of husband and wife), dissolution of the marriage contract.
v. a. Separate, part, sever.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate
ANT:Conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite
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Definition
n. the legal separation of husband and wife: the sentence by which a marriage is dissolved.—v.t. to separate: to sunder: to dissolve the marriage-contract of: to put away.—adj. Divorce′able.—ns. Divorcee′ a divorced person; Divorce′ment (B.) divorce; Divor′cer.—adj. Divor′cive having power to divorce.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your companion, and should cultivate a more congenial atmosphere in the home life. It is a dream of warning. For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs through the infidelity of lovers.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
Nominally, separation of husband and wife from the bonds of matrimony. In the vicinity of Newport it is frequently a legal formula that immediately precedes a fashionable wedding.
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Examples
- He told me he had promised the Bishop to sign some kind of a petition against divorce. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Divorce was made as easy as marriage; the distinction of legitimate and illegitimate children was abolished. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A strict divorce law might be like New York's: it would recognize few grounds for a decree. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Her grand-daughter the Countess Olenska wishes to sue her husband for divorce. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- H'm--have you considered the consequences if she decides for divorce? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But European society is not given to divorce: Countess Olenska thought she would be conforming to American ideas in asking for her freedom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- For example: You brought a divorce case, or a restitution case, into the Consistory. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I have called this misplaced rationality a piece of learned folly, because it shows itself most dangerously among those thinkers about politics who are divorced from action. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- One way presumably is that divorced women often become prostitutes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Instead of connecting directly with present activities, it is remote, divorced from the means by which it is to be reached. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A strict divorce law would, of course, diminish the number of divorced women, and perhaps keep them out of prostitution. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We in America have divorced them completely: both art and politics exist in a condition of unnatural celibacy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The unquestioned need for experts in politics is full of the very real danger that detailed preparation may give us a bureaucracy--a government by men divorced from human tradition. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She was divorced, debarred, a soul shut out. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Better marriages would among other blessings require fewer divorces. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For he was now divorcing his old helper Josephine, because she was childless, in order to secure the continuity of his dynasty. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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