Topic: LAW
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Latin divertere 'to divert, leave one's husband' |
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di‧vorce1 S3
1 [uncountable and countable]SSFSCL the legal ending of a marriage [↪ separation]: She received the house as part of the divorce settlement (=the amount of money, property etc each person receives in a divorce case).
file/sue/petition for divorce (=start the legal divorce process)
She received the house as part of the divorce settlement (=the amount of money, property etc each person receives in a divorce case).2 [countable usually singular] formal the fact of separating two related things
