Meaning
The legal end of a marriage.
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Word origin
From Latin divortium, from divertere, meaning to turn away.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- divortium
- English cognates
- divert, diverse
Grammar
Examples
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"Get a divorce" is the usual way to say this.
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"Go through a divorce" means to live through that hard time.
divorced .
Here "divorce" is a verb and means to end a marriage.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 14, lesson 7: divorce, wild, chatter and 7 more words.