Noun: divorce di'vors
- (law) the legal dissolution of a marriage
"They finalized their divorce after months of negotiations";
- divorcement
- Part; cease or break association with
"She divorced herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president";
- disassociate, dissociate, disunite
- Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
"The couple divorced after only 6 months";
- split up
Derived forms: divorcing, divorces, divorced
Type of: break, break up, part, separate, separation, split, split up
Encyclopedia: Divorce, Iranian Style