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[ noun ] the legal dissolution of a marriage
Synonyms Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Mayor_William_B._Hartsfield filed suit for divorce from his wife , Pearl_Williams_Hartsfield , in Fulton_Superior_Court Friday . (Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)It was not as_though she noted clearly that her nephews had not been to see her for ten years , not since their last journey eastward to witness their Uncle_Izaak being lowered into the rocky soil ; that aside from due notification of certain major events in their lives ( two marriages , two births , one divorce ) , Christmas and Easter_cards of the traditional sort had been the only thin link she had with them through the widowed years . (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)And , if a man is married , he will automatically be given a divorce '' . Hal gasped , and he said , `` A divorce '' ? But , from our reading of the Western_Talmud , we Urielites believe that the Forerunner , knowing this situation would arise , made reference to and provision for divorce . Related terms |
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[ verb ] part; cease or break association with
Synonyms Examples "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" Related terms |
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[ verb ] part; cease or break association with
Synonyms Examples "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)But to continue to divorce advanced students from reality is inexcusable . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)There was an air of blindness in her gray eyes , the startled horse look that ultimately comes to some women who are_born at the end of an ancestral line long_since divorced from money-making and which , besides , has kept its estate intact . Related terms |
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