Divorce
41Divorce — In strongly Catholic Italy, the right to divorce was one of the major social and political issues of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The right to legal separation was first proposed in October 1965 by the socialist deputy Loris Fortuna.… …
42divorce — The legal separation of married partners. In the OT marriage is not regarded as a relationship (such as that of brother and sister) which is in itself by its very nature unbreakable; and divorce and remarriage were permissible under the Mosaic… …
43Divorce — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Divorce >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 divorce divorce divorcement Sgm: N 1 separation separation Sgm: N 1 judicial separation judicial separation separate maintenance Sgm: N 1 separatio a mensΔ et thoro separatio a… …
44DIVORCE — the dissolution of marriage. Of all the world religions, CHRISTIANITY has the most problem with divorce due to the difficulty of interpreting various sayings of JESUS and SACRAMENTAL views of marriage. In theory the ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH… …
45divorce — I. 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,… …
46divorce*/ — [dɪˈvɔːs] noun [C/U] I a legal way of ending a marriage I want a divorce.[/ex] Is it true Tom s getting a divorce?[/ex] Both of her marriages ended in divorce.[/ex] II verb divorce [dɪˈvɔːs] 1) [I/T] to take legal action to end your marriage to… …
47divorce — di•vorce [[t]dɪˈvɔrs, ˈvoʊrs[/t]] n. v. vorced, vorc•ing 1) law a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage and releasing both spouses from all matrimonial obligations 2) any formal separation of husband and wife according to established custom… …
48divorce — 1. noun /dɪˈvoʊrs,dɪˈvɔrs/ a) The legal dissolution of a marriage. Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasnt returned to the dating scene. b) A separation of connected things …
49divorce — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, abstraction, alienate, alienation, annul, break up, cancel, cast off, cast out, cut adrift, cut off, cut out, delete, depart, detach, detachment, disaffect, disarticulate, disarticulation, disassociate,… …
50divorce — 1. noun 1) she wants a divorce Syn: dissolution, annulment, (official) separation Ant: marriage 2) a growing divorce between the church and people Syn: separation, division, split, disuni …
