Definitions
the legal dissolution of a marriage
Word origin
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Used in a sentence
“Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.”
“The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.”
“To make divorce of their incorporate league”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Marriage split”7 letters
02“End a marriage legally”7 letters
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