Associations to the word «Divorce»

Wiktionary

DIVORCE, noun. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
DIVORCE, noun. A separation of connected things.
DIVORCE, noun. (obsolete) That which separates.
DIVORCE, verb. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
DIVORCE, verb. (transitive) To end one's own marriage in this way.
DIVORCE, verb. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
DIVORCE, verb. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
DIVORCÉ, noun. A divorced man.

Dictionary definition

DIVORCE, noun. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
DIVORCE, verb. Part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president".
DIVORCE, verb. Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats