divorce — meaning in English

English meaning

• divorce noun The legal ending of a marriage.
• divorced adj No longer legally married, having ended a marriage through divorce.
• divorcee noun A person who is divorced.

Senses

divorce is used for these senses in English:

• divorcee A divorced person.
• divorcé A divorced man.

divorce — full definition

1. noun The legal ending of a marriage.
2. verb To legally end one's marriage.
3. verb To separate two things that were previously connected.

divorced — full definition

1. adj No longer legally married, having ended a marriage through divorce.
2. adj Separated or cut off from something.

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