divorce
divorce (dĭ-vôrsʹ, -vōrsʹ) noun
1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
2. A complete or radical severance of closely connected things.
verb
divorced, divorcing, divorces
verb, transitive
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.
verb, intransitive
To obtain a divorce.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvortere, to divert, variant of dīvertere. See divert.]