DIVORCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DIVORCE?

Need another word that means the same as “divorce”? Find 51 synonyms and 30 related words for “divorce” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Divorce” are: divorcement, dissolution, annulment, official separation, separation, disunion, split, severance, rupture, breach, parting, division, partition, disunity, distance, estrangement, alienation, disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, split up, split up with, end one's marriage, end one's marriage to, get a divorce, get a divorce from, separate, separate from, part, part from, split from, break up, break up with, part company, part company with, dissolve one's marriage, dissolve one's marriage to, annul one's marriage, annul one's marriage to, disconnect, divide, sever, disjoin, detach, isolate, alienate, set apart, keep apart, cut off

Divorce as a Noun

Definitions of "Divorce" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “divorce” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.
• The legal dissolution of a marriage.
• A legal decree dissolving a marriage.
• A separation between things which were or ought to be connected.

Synonyms of "Divorce" as a noun (17 Words)

alienation	(law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another. A sense of alienation from our environment.
annulment	The act of annulling something. Grounds for an annulment.
breach	A failure to perform some promised act or obligation. A breach in the mountain wall.
dissolution	The termination of a meeting. An advanced state of dissolution.
distance	The distance from the winning post which a horse must have reached when the winner finishes in order to qualify for a subsequent heat. Watching them from a distance.
disunion	The breaking up of something such as a federation. His rejection of disunion was consistent with his nationalism.
disunity	Lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension. The disunity among opposition parties.
division	A group of organisms forming a subdivision of a larger category. The villagers lived in a communal building and there were no solid divisions between neighbours.
divorcement	The legal dissolution of a marriage.
estrangement	The fact of no longer being on friendly terms or part of a social group. A parent s rights in the event of divorce or estrangement.
official separation	A worker who holds or is invested with an office.
parting	The act of departing politely. The parting of the Red Sea.
partition	The act of dividing or partitioning separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart. This takes a copy of hard disk partition information during installation.
rupture	An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely. The patient died after rupture of an aneurysm.
separation	The process of distinguishing between two or more things. Religion involved the separation of the sacred and the profane.
severance	Dismissal or discharge from employment. A complete severance of links with the Republic.
split	A single thickness of split hide. The split between the rich and the poor.

Usage Examples of "Divorce" as a noun

• One in three marriages ends in divorce.
• A divorce between ownership and control in the typical large company.
• My divorce comes through in two weeks.
• Her divorce from her first husband.

Divorce as a Verb

Definitions of "Divorce" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “divorce” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage.
• Separate or dissociate (something) from something else, typically with an undesirable effect.
• Part; cease or break association with.
• Legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone.
• Dissociate oneself from (something.

Synonyms of "Divorce" as a verb (34 Words)

alienate	Make (someone) become unsympathetic or hostile. The association does not wish to alienate its members.
annul one's marriage	Declare invalid.
annul one's marriage to	Cancel officially.
break up	Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.
break up with	Separate from a clinch, in boxing.
cut off	Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses.
detach	Come to be detached. A figure in brown detached itself from the shadows.
disassociate	Part; cease or break association with. She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president.
disconnect	Make disconnected disjoin or unfasten. He disconnected the main power cables from the batteries.
disjoin	Become separated disconnected or disjoint. They asked that their parish be disjoined from Lewis and added to Harris.
disjoint	Make disjoint separated or disconnected undo the joining of. Disjoint the chicken before cooking it.
dissociate	(especially in abstract contexts) disconnect or separate. These compounds are dissociated by solar radiation to yield atoms of chlorine.
dissolve one's marriage	Cause to lose control emotionally.
dissolve one's marriage to	Become or cause to become soft or liquid.
disunite	Force, take, or pull apart. The depiction of the protesters is designed to discredit and disunite the movement.
divide	Form a boundary between (two people or things. Cities where politicians frequently divide along racial lines.
end one's marriage	Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.
end one's marriage to	Bring to an end or halt.
get a divorce	Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.
get a divorce from	Reach and board.
isolate	Place or set apart. His difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant.
keep apart	Stick to correctly or closely.
part	Come apart. Moses parted the Red Sea.
part company	Force, take, or pull apart.
part company with	Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
part from	Go one’s own way; move apart.
separate	Become separated into pieces or fragments. The friends separated after the party.
separate from	Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.
set apart	Put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.
sever	Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly. Sever a relationship.
split	Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. The party was deeply split over its future direction.
split from	Go one’s own way; move apart.
split up	Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
split up with	Come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.

Usage Examples of "Divorce" as a verb

• Religion cannot be divorced from morality.
• The couple divorced after only 6 months.
• She divorced him in 1965.
• A desire to divorce myself from history.
• They divorced eight years later.

Associations of "Divorce" (30 Words)

adultery	Extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations. Adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce.
alienate	Transfer ownership of (property rights) to another person or group. The boring work alienated his employees.
alienation	Separation resulting from hostility. Unemployment may generate a sense of political alienation.
alimony	Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated. He is said to have paid 300 000 alimony to his first wife.
couple	Join to form a pair. The engaged couple.
dissociate	Part; cease or break association with. You must dissociate these two events.
estrange	Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness. Years of boarding school estranged the child from her home.
estranged	Caused to be unloved. Harriet felt more estranged from her daughter than ever.
estrangement	The feeling of being alienated from other people. A parent s rights in the event of divorce or estrangement.
ex	Out of fashion. All his exes live in Texas.
fiance	A man who is engaged to be married.
girlfriend	Any female friend. He lives with his girlfriend.
husband	Use cautiously and frugally. She husbanded their financial resources through difficult times.
isolate	A culture of microorganisms isolated for study. His difficulty will be to isolate the factors which are most significant.
isolation	A defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it. Isolation from family and friends may also contribute to anxiety.
loneliness	The fact of being without companions; solitariness. The loneliness of a sailor s life.
marry	Take in marriage. They had no plans to marry.
newlywed	Someone recently married.
paramour	A lover, especially the illicit partner of a married person.
polygamy	The practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time.
schism	Division of a group into opposing factions. Another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy.
segregate	Someone who is or has been segregated. We don t segregate in this county.
separate	Become separated into pieces or fragments. Separate the eggs and beat the egg yolks.
separation	The generation of a turbulent boundary layer between the surface of a body and a moving fluid, or between two fluids moving at different speeds. She and her husband have agreed to a trial separation.
sequester	Set apart from others. Non precipitating water softeners use complex phosphates to sequester calcium and magnesium ions.
severance	The action of ending a connection or relationship. Employees were offered severance terms.
spouse	A husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.
wed	Perform a marriage ceremony. They were wed in London.
widower	A man who has lost his spouse by death and has not married again. Her new found passion has turned me into a tennis widower.
wife	The wife of a person with a specified occupation. A clergy wife.