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Another word for divorce

divorce Synonyms

divorce

n.

separation, estrangement, dissociation, breach, divorcement, bill of divorce, annulment, separate maintenance, parting of the ways, legal separation, judicial separation, decree nisi, dissolution, rift, split, partition, split-up, breakup, broken home; see also cancellation, division 1.

Antonyms marriage*, betrothal, wedding.

divorce Synonyms

divorce

v.

separate, unmarry, annul, release from wedlock, release from matrimony, obtain a divorce, sunder, nullify, put away, part, split up, break up; see also cancel 2, divide 1.

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Another word for divorce

noun

The act or an instance of separating one thing from another:

detachment, disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance, split. See assemble, part

verb

To become or cause to become apart one from another:

break, detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, part, separate, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See assemble

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"I never asked you to front for me – and I wasn't the one who brought up divorce," he shot back.
The chief subjects of discussion were: the relations of faith and modern thought, the supply and training of the clergy, education, foreign missions, revision and "enrichment" of the Prayer-Book, the relation of the Church to "ministries of healing" (Christian Science, &c.), the questions of marriage and divorce, organization of the Anglican Church, reunion with other Churches.
The next day he urged upon the House the divorce of the queen.
Faust is a divorce lawyer.
Anti-clericals and freemasons, divorce being regarded not as a social institution but as a weapon against Catholicism.

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