noun

1. legal and formal dissolution of a marriage
2. any complete separation or disunion

Etymology: ME & OFr < L divortium < divortere, var. of divertere, to turn different ways: see diverse

transitive verb divorced -·vorced′, divorcing -·vorc′·ing

1. to dissolve legally a marriage between; separate by divorce
2. to dissolve the marriage with (one's spouse)
3. to separate; disunite

intransitive verb