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DIVORCE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The legal dissolution of a marriage

Synonyms:

divorce; divorcement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("divorce" is a kind of...):

separation (the social act of separating or parting company)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Derivation:

divorce (get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Part; cease or break association with

Example:

She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president

Synonyms:

disassociate; disjoint; dissociate; disunite; divorce

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "divorce" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

Example:

The couple divorced after only 6 months

Synonyms:

divorce; split up

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "divorce" is one way to...):

break; break up; part; separate; split; split up (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways)

"Divorce" entails doing...:

conjoin; espouse; get hitched with; get married; hook up with; marry; wed (take in marriage)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue divorce

Sam cannot divorce Sue

Derivation:

divorce (the legal dissolution of a marriage)

divorcee (a divorced woman or a woman who is separated from her husband)

divorcement (the legal dissolution of a marriage)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The shock which her marriage had given me, he continued, in a voice of great agitation, was of trifling weight—was nothing to what I felt when I heard, about two years afterwards, of her divorce.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Divorce is the legal breakup of a marriage.

(Divorce, NIH)

If you are striving to find the fair division of property in a divorce, you can make progress at the February 8-9 full moon, but I caution you not to finalize your agreement.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Mr. Rushworth had no difficulty in procuring a divorce; and so ended a marriage contracted under such circumstances as to make any better end the effect of good luck not to be reckoned on.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

If you are trying to divide property in a divorce or receive back child support in 2020, you are likely to be successful.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Or you may have to pay up on a court or divorce settlement, back child support, a student loan, or credit card.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may have earned the money through a commission, bonus, royalty, or licensing fee, or a large check may arrive the last week of December from an insurance company or represent a division of property in a divorce or other court settlement.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Finally, if you put in a claim to your insurance company, apply for financial aid for college tuition, are in a court case, or hope to negotiate the fair division of property in a divorce, this full moon of February 8-9 could help you get close to reaching a pleasing answer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

If you are going through a divorce, you and your soon-to-be-ex may be meeting with your lawyer or in arbitration or court over how to fairly divide property amassed during the marriage (or if you are ending a business, sharing profits with your ex-partner).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Specifically, you will do well in one or more of these areas—by a payment of commission, royalty, cash advance, licensing fee, bonus, or such outside sources as an inheritance, insurance claim payment, scholarship or university financial aid, bank loan or line of credit, venture capital, credit card, mortgage or refinanced mortgage, divorce or court settlement, or prize winnings.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)