What is another word for divorce?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪvˈɔːs], [ dɪvˈɔːs], [ d_ɪ_v_ˈɔː_s]
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Similar words for divorce:
- abandonment (noun)
- act (noun)
- alienation (noun)
- annulment (noun)
- break up (noun)
- breakup (noun)
- chasm (noun)
- defection (noun)
- desertion (noun)
- detachment (noun)
- disjoint (noun)
- disjunction (noun)
- dissociation (noun)
- dissolution (noun)
- disunion (noun)
- disunity (noun)
- division (noun)
- divorce (noun)
- estrangement (noun)
- recreance (noun)
- rupture (noun)
- schism (noun)
- separation (noun)
- split-up of marriage (noun)
- uncoupling (noun)
- alienate (verb)
- annul (verb)
- break up (verb)
- cleave (verb)
- detach (verb)
- disassociate (verb)
- discard (verb)
- dismiss (verb)
- dissociate (verb)
- dissolve (verb)
- disunite (verb)
- divide (verb)
- drop (verb)
- estrange (verb)
- isolate (verb)
- separate (verb)
- split (verb)
- split up (verb)
- split up a marriage (verb)
- uncouple (verb)
Synonyms for Divorce:
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- alimony ,
- co-respondent ,
- contact ,
- ex ,
- joint custody .
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- divide off .
- Disaffirmation ,
- Disclamation ,
- Extinguishment ,
- abnegation ,
- abolishment ,
- abolition ,
- annulment ,
- cancellation ,
- deletion ,
- denial ,
- destruction ,
- dismissal ,
- elimination ,
- eradication ,
- invalidation ,
- negation ,
- neutralization ,
- nullification ,
- obliteration ,
- refutation ,
- rejection ,
- repudiation ,
- retraction ,
- revocation ,
- undoing ,
- withdrawal .
- dis integration ,
- dis integrations ,
- dis-integration ,
- dis-integrations ,
- splitsvilles ,
- wind ups ,
- wind-ups .
- dis loyalties ,
- dis loyalty ,
- dis-loyalties ,
- dis-loyalty ,
- disownments ,
- forsakings ,
- re treats ,
- re volt ,
- re volts ,
- re-treat ,
- re-treats ,
- re-volt ,
- re-volts ,
- sunderings .
- de parting ,
- de partings ,
- de relict ,
- de relicts ,
- de-parting ,
- de-partings ,
- de-relict ,
- de-relicts ,
- defectings ,
- departings ,
- dis avowal ,
- dis avowals ,
- dis avowing ,
- dis-avowal ,
- dis-avowals ,
- dis-avowing ,
- disavowings ,
- falling aways ,
- going back ons ,
- maroonings ,
- running out ons .
- dis engagement ,
- dis engagements ,
- dis joining ,
- dis-engagement ,
- dis-engagements ,
- dis-joining ,
- disjoinings ,
- severings ,
- split ups ,
- split-ups ,
- splitup ,
- splitups .
- Disarticulation ,
- amputation ,
- cleavage ,
- disassembly ,
- disconnection ,
- disengagement ,
- disintegration ,
- dissection ,
- fissure ,
- incision ,
- rent ,
- segregation .
- breaking ups ,
- dis solution ,
- dis solutions ,
- dis-solution ,
- dis-solutions ,
- re solutions ,
- re-solution ,
- re-solutions .
- bi section ,
- bi sections ,
- bi-sections ,
- breaking downs ,
- contrastings ,
- cutting ups ,
- departmentalizings ,
- detachings ,
- dis parting ,
- dis partings ,
- dis severance ,
- dis severances ,
- dis-parting ,
- dis-partings ,
- dis-severance ,
- dis-severances ,
- dismemberments ,
- dispartings ,
- distinguishings ,
- disunitings ,
- dividings ,
- parcelings ,
- separatings ,
- splitting ups ,
- sub division ,
- sub divisions ,
- sub-division ,
- sub-divisions .
- antagonization ,
- antagonizations ,
- break ups ,
- break-ups ,
- dis association ,
- dis associations ,
- dis-association ,
- dis-associations ,
- disassociations ,
- with holding ,
- with holdings ,
- with-holding ,
- with-holdings .
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• alienate • annul- Disaffirm ,
- abnegate ,
- abolish ,
- annul ,
- cancel ,
- delete ,
- deny ,
- destroy ,
- disavow ,
- disclaim ,
- efface ,
- eliminate ,
- eradicate ,
- extinguish ,
- invalidate ,
- negate ,
- neutralize ,
- nullify ,
- obliterate ,
- refute ,
- reject ,
- repudiate ,
- retract ,
- revoke ,
- undo ,
- veto ,
- withdraw .
- dis assemble ,
- dis assembled ,
- dis assembles ,
- dis assembling ,
- dis band ,
- dis banded ,
- dis banding ,
- dis bands ,
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis perse ,
- dis-assemble ,
- dis-assembled ,
- dis-assembles ,
- dis-assembling ,
- dis-band ,
- dis-banded ,
- dis-banding ,
- dis-bands ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling ,
- dis-perse ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- putting an end to ,
- putting end to ,
- takes apart .
- dis sever ,
- dis severed ,
- dis severing ,
- dis severs ,
- dis-sever ,
- dis-severed ,
- dis-severing ,
- dis-severs ,
- tare asunder ,
- tearing asunder ,
- tears asunder ,
- tore asunder .
- de tach ,
- de taches ,
- de-tach ,
- de-taches ,
- dis affiliate ,
- dis affiliated ,
- dis affiliates ,
- dis affiliating ,
- dis engage ,
- dis engaged ,
- dis engages ,
- dis engaging ,
- dis entangle ,
- dis entangled ,
- dis entangles ,
- dis entangling ,
- dis join ,
- dis joined ,
- dis joins ,
- dis mount ,
- dis mounted ,
- dis mounting ,
- dis mounts ,
- dis-affiliate ,
- dis-affiliated ,
- dis-affiliates ,
- dis-affiliating ,
- dis-engage ,
- dis-engaged ,
- dis-engages ,
- dis-engaging ,
- dis-entangle ,
- dis-entangled ,
- dis-entangles ,
- dis-entangling ,
- dis-join ,
- dis-joined ,
- dis-joins ,
- dis-mount ,
- dis-mounted ,
- dis-mounting ,
- dis-mounts ,
- re move ,
- re moved ,
- re moving ,
- re-move ,
- re-moves ,
- re-moving ,
- tare off ,
- tears off ,
- tore off ,
- torn off ,
- un fasten ,
- un fastened ,
- un fastening ,
- un fastens ,
- un fix ,
- un fixed ,
- un fixes ,
- un fixing ,
- un fixt ,
- un hitch ,
- un hitched ,
- un hitches ,
- un hitching ,
- un-fasten ,
- un-fastened ,
- un-fastening ,
- un-fastens ,
- un-fix ,
- un-fixed ,
- un-fixes ,
- un-fixing ,
- un-fixt ,
- un-hitch ,
- un-hitched ,
- un-hitches ,
- un-hitching ,
- unfixt ,
- with draw ,
- with drawing ,
- with drawn ,
- with draws ,
- with drew ,
- with-draw ,
- with-drawing ,
- with-drawn ,
- with-drew .
- dis associate ,
- dis associated ,
- dis associates ,
- dis associating ,
- dis-associate ,
- dis-associated ,
- dis-associates ,
- dis-associating .
- adiosed ,
- adioses ,
- adiosing ,
- casting aside ,
- casts aside ,
- de sert ,
- de-sert ,
- deep sixed ,
- deep sixing ,
- deepsix ,
- deepsixed ,
- deepsixes ,
- deepsixing ,
- dis card ,
- dis carded ,
- dis carding ,
- dis cards ,
- dis patch ,
- dis patched ,
- dis patches ,
- dis patching ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-card ,
- dis-carded ,
- dis-carding ,
- dis-cards ,
- dis-patch ,
- dis-patched ,
- dis-patches ,
- dis-patching ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possessed ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing ,
- freed of ,
- freeing of ,
- frees of ,
- had done with ,
- haddest done with ,
- hadst done with ,
- has done with ,
- hast done with ,
- hath done with ,
- having done with ,
- pro tested ,
- pro testing ,
- pro-tested ,
- pro-testing ,
- re peal ,
- re pealed ,
- re pealing ,
- re peals ,
- re-pealed ,
- re-pealing ,
- re-peals ,
- sweeping away ,
- sweeps away ,
- threw overboard ,
- throws overboard ,
- tosses aside ,
- tossing aside ,
- tost aside .
- casts out ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de ported ,
- de porting ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- de-ported ,
- de-porting ,
- dis missed ,
- dis missing ,
- dis-missed ,
- dis-missing ,
- drave out ,
- drove out ,
- forced out ,
- lets out ,
- letted go ,
- letted out ,
- locked out ,
- locking out ,
- locks out ,
- out lawed ,
- out lawing ,
- out-lawed ,
- out-lawing ,
- pushed back ,
- pushes aside ,
- pushes back ,
- pushing aside ,
- pushing back ,
- re lease ,
- re leases ,
- re legate ,
- re legates ,
- re-lease ,
- re-leased ,
- re-leases ,
- re-legate ,
- re-legates ,
- sending off ,
- sends off ,
- sent off ,
- showed out ,
- showing out ,
- shows out ,
- sloughed off ,
- sloughing off .
- disconnect ,
- disengage ,
- disjoin ,
- dismantle ,
- excise ,
- fragment ,
- halve ,
- insulate ,
- part ,
- rend ,
- segregate ,
- sunder .
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis charge ,
- dis charged ,
- dis charges ,
- dis charging ,
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis solve ,
- dis solved ,
- dis solves ,
- dis solving ,
- dis-charge ,
- dis-charged ,
- dis-charges ,
- dis-charging ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- dis-solve ,
- dis-solved ,
- dis-solves ,
- dis-solving ,
- in validate ,
- in validated ,
- in validates ,
- in validating ,
- in-validate ,
- in-validated ,
- in-validates ,
- in-validating ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- post pone ,
- post pones ,
- post-pone ,
- post-pones ,
- rendered void ,
- rendering void ,
- renders void ,
- resolve in to ,
- resolved in to ,
- resolved into ,
- resolves in to ,
- resolves into ,
- resolving in to ,
- resolving into ,
- un made ,
- un make ,
- un makes ,
- un making ,
- un-made ,
- un-make ,
- un-makes ,
- un-making .
- brake down ,
- breaks down ,
- broke down ,
- dichotomizes ,
- dis locate ,
- dis located ,
- dis locates ,
- dis locating ,
- dis member ,
- dis membered ,
- dis members ,
- dis-locate ,
- dis-located ,
- dis-locates ,
- dis-locating ,
- dis-member ,
- dis-membered ,
- dis-members ,
- pulling away ,
- pulls away ,
- sub divide ,
- sub divided ,
- sub divides ,
- sub dividing ,
- sub-divide ,
- sub-divided ,
- sub-divides ,
- sub-dividing ,
- un bind ,
- un binding ,
- un binds ,
- un bound ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-bind ,
- un-binding ,
- un-binds ,
- un-bound ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing .
- Re sign ,
- am alienated from ,
- are alienated from ,
- art alienated from ,
- being alienated from ,
- dis continue ,
- dis continued ,
- dis continues ,
- dis continuing ,
- dis owned ,
- dis owning ,
- dis-continue ,
- dis-continued ,
- dis-continues ,
- dis-continuing ,
- dis-owned ,
- dis-owning ,
- dusted off ,
- dusting off ,
- dusts off ,
- eighty six ,
- eightysix ,
- forgat about ,
- forgetting about ,
- forgot about ,
- is alienated from ,
- parting from ,
- parts from ,
- re signed ,
- re signing ,
- re signs ,
- re-signed ,
- re-signs ,
- was alienated from ,
- wast alienated from ,
- wasted one ,
- wastes one ,
- wasting one ,
- were alienated from ,
- wert alienated from .
- dis unified ,
- dis unifies ,
- dis unify ,
- dis unifying ,
- dis-unified ,
- dis-unifies ,
- dis-unify ,
- dis-unifying ,
- disunified ,
- disunifying ,
- drave apart ,
- drives apart ,
- driving apart ,
- drove apart ,
- made hostile ,
- makes hostile ,
- making hostile ,
- put on outs ,
- put outs ,
- put the outs ,
- puts on outs ,
- puts on the outs ,
- puts outs ,
- puts the outs ,
- putting on outs ,
- putting on the outs ,
- putting outs ,
- putting the outs ,
- set odds ,
- sets at odds ,
- sets odds ,
- setting at odds ,
- setting odds ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- Unglue ,
- amputate ,
- axe ,
- bisect ,
- cut ,
- disarticulate ,
- disassemble ,
- disintegrate ,
- dissect ,
- incise ,
- pare ,
- remove ,
- rip ,
- scissor ,
- slice ,
- unhinge .
Other synonyms:
- bite off ,
- disentangle ,
- disunion ,
- maiden ,
- old maid ,
- severance ,
- singleton ,
- spread-out ,
- untangle ,
- visitation .
- access .
- tease .
- single .
Other relevant words:
- Dichotomized ,
- Dichotomizing ,
- Ejected ,
- Hacked ,
- Hacking ,
- Intersected ,
- Islanded ,
- Islands ,
- Quartered ,
- Unfix ,
- adios ,
- alienate ,
- aliened ,
- aliening ,
- be alienated from ,
- block off ,
- branched ,
- branching ,
- break down ,
- break up ,
- cast aside ,
- cleave ,
- close off ,
- closed off ,
- closing off ,
- come undone ,
- deep-six ,
- deep-sixed ,
- deep-sixes ,
- deep-sixing ,
- detach ,
- dichotomize ,
- disaffiliate ,
- disaffiliated ,
- disaffiliates ,
- disaffiliating ,
- disassociate ,
- dismiss ,
- dissociate ,
- dissolve ,
- disunifies ,
- disunify ,
- disunite ,
- divide ,
- drive apart ,
- drop ,
- dust off ,
- estrange ,
- forget about ,
- forgets about ,
- forsake ,
- free of ,
- gave way ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- giving way ,
- have done with ,
- hewn ,
- islanding ,
- isolate ,
- jettison ,
- junked ,
- junking ,
- keep apart ,
- keeping apart ,
- kept apart ,
- make hostile ,
- part company ,
- part from ,
- part with ,
- parted from ,
- parted with ,
- parting with ,
- parts with ,
- pull away ,
- pulled away ,
- put an end to ,
- put asunder ,
- put by ,
- put end to ,
- put on the outs ,
- quarantine ,
- render void ,
- resolve into ,
- ripping ,
- scatters ,
- sectioned ,
- sectioning ,
- segmented ,
- segmenting ,
- separate ,
- set at odds ,
- shake off ,
- shakes off ,
- split ,
- split up ,
- sweep away ,
- swept away ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- tear asunder ,
- tear off ,
- tearing off ,
- throw overboard ,
- throwing overboard ,
- took apart ,
- torn asunder ,
- toss aside ,
- tossed aside ,
- unbound ,
- uncouple ,
- unfixed ,
- unfixes ,
- unfixing ,
- unmake ,
- unmakes ,
- unmaking ,
- wash out ,
- washed out ,
- washes out ,
- washing out ,
- waste one ,
- whacked ,
- whacking .
- cast out ,
- casting out ,
- drive out ,
- drives out ,
- driving out ,
- force out ,
- forces out ,
- forcing out ,
- let out ,
- lets go ,
- letting go ,
- letting out ,
- lock out ,
- push aside ,
- push back ,
- pushed aside ,
- send off ,
- show out ,
- slough off ,
- sloughs off .
- Separating ,
- Uncombine ,
- Unlink ,
- break it off ,
- come apart ,
- come away ,
- coming apart ,
- dedomicile ,
- go different ways ,
- go separate ways ,
- goes away ,
- going away ,
- relationship or marriage alienate ,
- take leave ,
- taking leave ,
- uncombined ,
- unlinked ,
- unlinking ,
- untie the knot .
- Disparting ,
- Recreance ,
- Recreancy ,
- alienation ,
- bi-section ,
- bisection ,
- bisections ,
- break-up ,
- breaking down ,
- breakup ,
- bustup ,
- carvings ,
- castoff ,
- castoffs ,
- crackup ,
- crackups ,
- departmentalizing ,
- detachment ,
- disassociation ,
- disavowal ,
- disavowals ,
- dismemberment ,
- disownment ,
- dissociation ,
- dissolution ,
- disunity ,
- division ,
- elusion ,
- elusions ,
- estrangement ,
- evasion ,
- failings ,
- falling away ,
- falseness ,
- parceling ,
- perfidy ,
- rendings ,
- rift ,
- running out on ,
- rupture ,
- segmentation ,
- segmentations ,
- separation ,
- split-up ,
- splitsville ,
- splittings ,
- tergiversation ,
- uncoupling ,
- vivisection ,
- vivisections ,
- wind-up ,
- windup ,
- windups ,
- withholdings .
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How to use "Divorce" in context?
Divorce is a hard thing to go through, but necessary in some cases. couples who are not happy in their marriages may choose to get a divorce, but it is not easy. There are many factors that go into a divorce, and each couple is unique. Some common reasons for a divorce are: incompatibility, a lack of trust, and a difference in opinion about where the family should live. The best way to go through the process is to be prepared for what is ahead. There are a few things that every divorcing couple should do, no matter what their situation is. They should develop a plan and talk about it with their lawyer.
Paraphrases for Divorce:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
divorced.
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Noun, singular or mass
Divorcing.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
annulment, cancellation, dissolution, repudiation, segregation.
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Verb, base form
segregate.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Adjective
married.
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Noun, singular or mass
marriage, separation.
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Adjective
Homophones for Divorce:
- diverge, debris, diverse, devries, Dita Bark, depress, defrock, dvorak, dippers, DPRK, dive brake, deep-freeze, deepfreeze, dibrach, diaper rash, debark, due process, deep freeze, dobrich, divorcee, De Vries, daybreak, d.p.r.k., divers, diaphoresis.
Hyponym for Divorce:
n.
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act
separation.
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