divorcing

Verb

divorce (third-person singular simple present divorces, present participle divorcing, simple past and past participle divorced)

1. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
   • A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.

   Synonyms:

   split up

2. (transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
   • Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
3. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
   • Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
4. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.
   • The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.

   Synonyms:

   disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

See all 9 meanings of divorce