divorce

dɪˈvɔːs

noun

the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body.

her divorce from her first husband

dissolution,annulment,official separation,judicial separation,separation,disunion,break-up,split,split-up,severance,rupture,breach,parting,khula,talaq

verb

legally dissolve one’s marriage with (someone).

she divorced him in 1965

split up (with),end one’s marriage (to),get a divorce (from),separate (from),part (from),split (from),break up (with),part company (with),dissolve one’s marriage (to),annul one’s marriage (to),repudiate,bust up (with)