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verbpart; cease or break association with
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"The couple divorced after only 6 months"verbget a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
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nounthe legal dissolution of a marriage
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- more English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
- hands (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- marriage the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- george King of Great Britain and Ireland and Hanover from 1820 to 1830; his attempt to divorce his estranged wife undermined the prestige of the Crown (1762-1830)
- divorce get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
- union the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- custody (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
- catherine first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
- simpson United States divorcee whose marriage to Edward VIII created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication
- reno a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and remarriage