Divorce synonyms and antonyms
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Part of speech:
(Countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
To separate or unfasten; disconnect:
To cancel out
The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage.
An invalidation, as of a marriage, by the decree of a court
cancellation (related)
(Law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to cancel the registration of a trademark or patent.
(Informal) To take place or happen; proceed:
(Law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
(Psychol.) A split in the conscious process in which a group of mental activities breaks away from the main stream of consciousness and functions as a separate unit, as if belonging to another person
Complete separation.
bill of divorce
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separate maintenance
parting of the ways
legal separation
A court order establishing this arrangement.
judicial separation
A break in friendly relations:
A breach or rupture in a group:
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The termination of a romantic or sexual relationship
To place in different groups; sort:
To bring to an end the effect or existence of; cancel out:
release from wedlock
part; cease or break association with
release from matrimony
part; cease or break association with
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obtain a divorce
part; cease or break association with
(Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
To break or separate into pieces.
betrothal (antonym)
The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance.
wedding (antonym)
The ceremony or celebration of a marriage.
division (related)
One of the parts, sections, or groups into which something is divided.
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cancel (related)
To do away with; wipe out; abolish, withdraw, etc.
divide (related)
To divide is defined as to separate into two or more parts.
To break into component parts; disintegrate:
To destroy or take away the unity of; divide or separate
marry (antonym)
To give in marriage:
(Genetics) The separation of homologous chromosomes during meiosis.
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A lack of union, or lack of coordination, or separation.
The act of dissevering; separation.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
The act or process of severing.
To take apart or come apart at the joints.
part-company
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set at odds
assemble (related)
A jump in ballet in which the feet meet together in midair and then land together on the floor.
To cease associating; part.
A breaking up or separating into two or more parts, units, groups, etc.
To separate; make or become distinct; divide
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re-marriage (related)
remarriage (related)
cohabitation (related)
remarry (related)
bankruptcy (related)
cohabit (related)
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alimony (related)
married (related)
co-habitation (related)
(Baseball) To take a large lead in a game.
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