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di·vorce
/ diˈvôrs/
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n.
the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body:
her divorce from her first husband |
one in three marriages ends in divorce |
[as adj.]
divorce proceedings.
∎
a legal decree dissolving a marriage.
∎ [in sing.]
a separation between things that were or ought to be connected:
the bitter divorce between the company and its largest shareholder.
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v. [tr.]
legally dissolve one's marriage with (someone):
he divorced his first wife after 10 months |
[as adj.] (divorced)
a divorced couple |
[intr.]
they divorced eight years later.
∎
separate or dissociate (something) from something else:
we knew how to divorce an issue from an individual.
∎ (divorce oneself from)
distance or dissociate oneself from (something):
he wanted to divorce himself from all contact with the syndicate.
DERIVATIVES:
di·vorce·ment
n.
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DIVORCES ARE THE STUFF NIGHTMARES ARE MADE OF.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/15/1988; 700+ words
; ...won't even discuss his own divorce. A nationwide dip in divorce rates has been matched by a...County alone, the number of divorces and annulments decreased by...litigation that follows. "A divorce lawyer just buries a dead marriage...
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Divorce's lasting effects; Children carry scars into adulthood, study shows.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 9/27/2005; 700+ words
; ...book of that title. Divorce rates have been edging...there were 3.7 divorces per 1,000 persons...counselors accept widespread divorce as inevitable and focus...amicable or "good" divorces. "I think divorce looms large for all...
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Divorce in Japan: Family, Gender, and the State.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Social Forces; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...that the crude divorce rate (divorces per one thousand...links the high divorce rates in Japan...tradition of consensual divorces. When spouses...written grounds for divorce. Court cases...proportion of total divorces, no more than...
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Divorce battle lines drawn in Malta.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 5/30/1998; 700+ words
; ...world is about to be waged in Malta. Will divorce become legal in this Catholic country...surprise comment that the time had come for divorce to be introduced. The battle lines were...by Sant recommended the introduction of divorce after a vote where members of parliament...
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Divorces not granted by a stroke of the pen
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Straits Times 11-21-2002 Divorces not granted by a stroke of...Islam, no religion permitted divorce. Misery was the lot of broken...There was no concept of divorce at common law. The only way...Matrimonial Causes Act made divorce available for the first time...
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Divorce in America - Part 1
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/15/1996; 700+ words
; ...over the causes of the increase in the divorce rate in America. BOB EDWARDS, Host...marriages that take place today will end in divorce. This well-known but shocking statistic...debate over what some have called `the divorce revolution.' NPR's Margot Adler explores...
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DIVORCE RECORDS CAN WED FAMILY RESEARCHER TO VALUABLE SOURCES.(Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 2/11/1999; 700+ words
; ...numerous wives sought divorces of bed and board. A bed and board divorce (a mensa et thoro) was...found not at fault for the divorce. Divorce records are found in diverse...19th-century and earlier divorces are often found in county...
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Divorce in America - Part 5
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 5/13/1996; 700+ words
; ...NPR continues its series on divorce in America with a look at states...moving away from no-fault divorces in an attempt to make it more...signed the first no-fault divorce law. Today legislators in...that would put fault back into divorce. At the same time, experts...
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Divorces -- 1998.
M2 Presswire; 9/28/2000; 700+ words
; ...a result, the crude divorce rate rose slightly from 225 divorces per 100,000 Canadians...to 228. Based on 1998 divorce rates, 36% of marriages...nearly one-third of all divorces In 1998, 21,448 divorce cases involved a custody...
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Divorces not final.(A)(Culture, Et Cetera)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/13/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...children are involved in new divorces, the site said. Federal data show that divorce was relatively rare in the United...until 1966, with two to 2.5 divorces for every 1,000 people. The only time divorce rates spiked was right after...
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Divorce: Trends and Consequences
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging
...affected by events such as divorce even when they occur...interplay of aging and divorce. Divorcing in middle...late life Although most divorces occur in early adulthood...of the half-million divorces granted that year were...married men are likely to divorce in a given year, and...
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Divorce
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...noncustodial parenthood. In adults, divorce may cause feelings of guilt...insecurity. Also common to divorce are feelings of anxiety, incompetence...involved in 70 percent of American divorces — may be even more...arrangements and parental attitudes. Divorce often results in economic ...
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Divorce and Marital Separation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...few could obtain divorces. Since the late...ended by formal divorce. Eventually, Americans...misconduct was proved. Divorces were occasionally...pass laws allowing divorce. After the American...many varieties of divorce available in America...actual number of divorces granted ...
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divorce
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...made the grounds for divorce the same for both...consequence, the number of divorces increased, although...to the grounds for divorce. Again the number of divorces increased and rose...when those seeking divorce could apply for financial...
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Divorce and Custody
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
...laws of God, states granted divorce (with the right to remarry...duty. The usual grounds for divorce were adultery, desertion...the government. The two most divorce-prone states, Massachusetts...aspect of records of these divorces is that children were not considered...
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