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Divorced

To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

📖 Definitions of "Divorced"

verb
  1. 1

    To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

    "A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."

  2. 2

    To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

    "Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."

  3. 3

    To obtain a legal divorce.

    "Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."

  4. 4

    To separate something that was connected.

    "The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."

adjective
  1. 1

    Cut off, or separated.

  2. 2

    (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.

    "It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced."

  3. 3

    (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

    "Mark's parents are divorced."

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