divorce

/dɪˈvɔrs/
noun
  1. The legal ending of a marriage.
    • After years of separation, they finally got a divorce.
    • Many children adjust well to their parents' divorce over time.
    • The divorce was finalized in court last month.
  2. A complete separation between two things that were once connected.
    • There is a growing divorce between the government and the people it serves.
    • The artist's work shows a divorce from traditional painting styles.
    • The divorce of science from ethics can lead to dangerous discoveries.
Antonyms
verb
  1. To legally end a marriage with someone.
    • He divorced his wife in 2010.
    • She decided to divorce her husband after ten years of marriage.
    • They divorced amicably and remained friends.
  2. To separate two things completely.
    • We need to divorce our emotions from the decision-making process.
    • It is impossible to divorce politics from economics.
    • The company tried to divorce its brand from the scandal.