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divorce

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  1. separate              
 
1. di.vorce \d*-'vo-(*)rs, -'vo.(*)rs\ n [ME divorse, fr. MF, fr. L 
   divortium, fr. divertere, divor]tere to divert, to leave one's husband 1: a 
   legal dissolution of a marriage  2: SEPARATION, SEVERANCE 
2. divorce vt 1a: to get rid of (one's spouse) by divorce  1b: to dissolve 
   the marriage contract between  2: SEPARATE, DISUNITE