Antonyms for divorce
dɪˈvɔrs, -ˈvoʊrsdi·vorce

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1. divorceverb

   Antonyms:
   marry, marriage

   Synonyms:
   dissociate, disunite, split up, disjoint, disassociate, separate

2. divorcenoun

   The legal dissolution of a marriage.

   Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

   Antonyms:
   marry, marriage

   Synonyms:
   split up, disunite, divorcement, separate, dissociate, disassociate, disjoint

3. divorceverb

   To end one's own marriage in this way.

   Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.

   Antonyms:
   marry, marriage

   Synonyms:
   severance, separation, partition, dissociate, disunite, separate, disjoint, disassociate, split up

4. divorceverb

   To separate something that was connected.

   The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.

   Antonyms:
   marry

   Synonyms:
   disunite, separate, dissociate, disjoint, disassociate, split up

5. divorceverb

   To obtain a legal divorce.

   Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.

   Synonyms:
   separate, disassociate, disunite, split up, disjoint, dissociate

   Antonyms:
   marry

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1. divorce

   Antonyms:
   alliance, coalition, compact, confederacy, confederation, federation, fusion, league, partnership, union

   Synonyms:
   antagonism, discord, disunion, enmity, hostility, schism, secession, separation, war

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1. divorceverb

   Antonyms:
   conjoin, unite, connect, apply, reconcile, reunite

   Synonyms:
   separate, disconnect, dissever, divert, alienate

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1. • Separate

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1. divorce, divorcementverb

   the legal dissolution of a marriage

   Synonyms:
   divorcement

2. disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjointverb

   part; cease or break association with

   "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"

   Synonyms:
   disjoin, split up, decouple, disunite, part, separate, disassociate, disarticulate, disjoint, divide, dissociate

3. divorce, split upverb

   get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

   "The couple divorced after only 6 months"

   Synonyms:
   come apart, split up, break up, disjoint, disunite, part, separate, disassociate, split, dissever, divide, break, carve up, fall apart, dissociate

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1. synergy

   the opposite of bringing together or mixing pairs of substances initially designed to create and enhance or amplify each other.

   a love that never was

   Submitted by rinat on June 19, 2017  

How to use divorce in a sentence?

1. Kathleen Buhle:

   The one thing I've never ever questioned was Hunter Biden and Jill's love and attention to my three daughters, the divorce was hard on all of us.

2. Noah Baumbach:

   Something that I discovered in writing (the film is that) ... when something stops working that you actually acknowledge it or recognise it for the first time, it's like if you're going through a door and it's locked you suddenly look at the door and you look at how it works, so I thought well through a divorce we could explore a marriage.

3. Andrew Spinnell:

   She just wants to move on with her life and get a divorce.

4. Gabrielle Clemens:

   Marriage is about love, and divorce is about money, as you go through the process of divorce, everything comes down to the concept of money.

5. Trump Jr.:

   Listen, it's tough to be a 12-year-old, you're not quite a man, but you think you are. You think you know everything. Being driven into school every day and you see the front page and it's divorce ! THE BEST SEX I EVER HAD ! And you don't even know what that means.

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