a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, esp. one that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations. Compare judicial separation .

any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom.

total separation; disunion

a divorce between thought and action.

to separate by divorce

The judge divorced the couple.

to break the marriage contract between oneself and (one's spouse) by divorce

She divorced her husband.

to separate; cut off

Life and art cannot be divorced.

to get a divorce.

noun

marriage

verb

marry

noun

annulment , breach , break , breakup , decree nisi , dedomiciling , detachment , disparateness , dissociation , dissolution , disunion , division , divorcement , on the rocks , parting of the ways , partition , rupture , separate maintenance , separation , severance , split , splitsville , disjunction , disjuncture , disseverance , disseverment , parting

verb

annul , break up , cancel , disconnect , disjoin , dissever , dissociate , dissolve , disunite , divide , nullify , part , put away , separate , sever , split , sunder , unmarry , break , detach , disjoint , disunion , separation