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The legal dissolution of a marriage.

Example: Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

A separation of connected things.

Example: The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.

That which separates.

To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

Example: A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

Example: Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

To obtain a legal divorce.

Example: Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

To separate something that was connected.

Example: The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.