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divorced

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di·vorce  (d-vôrs, -vrs)
n.
1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
2. A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.
v. di·vorced, di·vorc·ing, di·vorc·es
v.tr.
1. To dissolve the marriage bond between.
2. To end marriage with (one's spouse) by way of legal divorce.
3. To cut off; separate or disunite: an idea that was completely divorced from reality. See Synonyms at separate.
v.intr.
To obtain a divorce.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dvortium, from dvortere, to divert, variant of dvertere; see divert.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.divorced - of someone whose marriage has been legally dissolved
unmarried, single - not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
Translations
divorced [dɪˈvɔːst] adj → divorciado
divorced [dɪˈvɔːst] divorce adj → divorcé(e)
divorced [dɪˈvɔːst] divorce adj → geschieden
divorced [dɪˈvɔːst] adj → divorziato/a


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A rumor immediately spread in Petersburg, not that Helene wanted to be divorced from her husband (had such a report spread many would have opposed so illegal an intention) but simply that the unfortunate and interesting Helene was in doubt which of the two men she should marry.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Well,' says he, 'you shall promise me to come again, however, and I will not say any more of it till I have gotten the divorce, but I desire you will prepare to be better conditioned when that's done, for you shall be the woman, or I will not be divorced at all; why, I owe it to your unlooked-for kindness, if it were to nothing else, but I have other reasons too.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
His wife had divorced him, and he had married the girl and prospered.
Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context
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