| Main Entry: | divorce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split up a marriage |
Synonyms: |
annul, break up, cancel, disconnect, disjoin, dissever, dissociate, dissolve, disunite, divide, nullify, part, put away, separate, sever, split, sunder, unmarry |
Antonyms: |
marry |
| Concept: | Divorce. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
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-nouns
divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial separation, legal separation, separate maintenance, living apart; separatio a mensa et thoro, separatio a vinculo matrimonii., widowhood, viduity, weeds., widow, widower; relict; dowager; divocee; cuckold; grass widow, grass widower.
-verbs
live separate, live apart; separate, divorce, disespouse, put away; wear the horns.
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Antonyms: |
marriage |
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| Main Entry: | alienate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause unfriendliness, hostility |
Synonyms: |
break off, come between, disaffect, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, make indifferent, part, separate, set against, turn away, turn off, wean, withdraw the affections of |
Antonyms: |
be friendly, disarm |
| Main Entry: | apart |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | separate |
Synonyms: |
afar, alone, aloof, aside, away, by itself, cut off*, disassociated, disconnected, distant, distinct, divorced, excluded, exclusively, freely, independent, independently, individually, isolated, lone wolf, separated, separately, singly, special, to itself, to one side |
Antonyms: |
together |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
Synonyms: |
adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate |
Antonyms: |
reconcile |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
Synonyms: |
carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack |
Antonyms: |
join, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | detach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disconnect, cut off |
Synonyms: |
abstract, disaffiliate, disassemble, disassociate, disengage, disentangle, disjoin, dismount, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, free, isolate, loose, loosen, part, remove, segregate, separate, sever, sunder, take apart, tear off, uncouple, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
attach, combine, connect, couple, link, merge, unite |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
Synonyms: |
abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
Antonyms: |
embrace, keep, retain |
| Main Entry: | dismiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | send away, remove; free |
Synonyms: |
abolish, banish, boot, brush off, bundle, cast off, cast out, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out, eject, expel, force out, have done with, kick out, let go, let out, lock out, outlaw, push aside, push back, reject, release, relegate, relinquish, repel, repudiate, rid, send off, send packing, shed, show out, slough off, supersede, sweep away, turn out |
Antonyms: |
accept, hold, keep, maintain, preserve, welcome |
| Main Entry: | dissociate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | part company with; separate |
Synonyms: |
abstract, alienate, break off, detach, disassociate, disband, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disperse, disrupt, distance, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, isolate, quit, scatter, segregate, set apart, uncouple, unfix |
Antonyms: |
associate, attach, join |