n.
Pronunciation: d ə - ' vo ̇ rs also d ī -
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English divorse, from Anglo-French, from Latin divortium, from divertere, divortere to divert, to leave one's husband
Date: 14th century
1 : the action or an instance of legally dissolving a marriage
2 : SEPARATION , SEVERANCE < divorce of the secular and the spiritual>