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To annul one's marriage to a spouse
“I told her I wanted to divorce him, but I didn't have the money to pay for a divorce. Also, emotionally, I was not ready.”
To (forcefully) separate or break apart
“Divorce your mind from your immediate surroundings, and recall some occasion or experience that made you feel happy and exhilarated.”
To separate or isolate
To cause to feel less close or friendly
To stop living together as a couple
To cut oneself off from a group or society
To annul or cancel an agreement
To reject, banish or abandon
To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)
Plural for the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body
“Secondly, with respect to married people, if the marriage was dissolved by divorce after the will was witnessed, the will is void.”
Plural for a separation between things (that are typically connected)
“The result is an unhappy divorce between student and school which is a grotesque travesty of all that the IBO stands for.”
Plural for the quality or state of being recreant
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