divorce

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the legal dissolution of a marriage
  2. verb part; cease or break association with
  3. verb get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

Etymology

Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

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Synonyms

divorcement

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