"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."
verb
"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
°To end one's own marriage in this way.
"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
synonyms:
divorcement, partition, separation, severance
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, split up, disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate