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. 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. Jean Kerr:

   A lawyer is never entirely comfortable with a friendly divorce, anymore than a good mortician wants to finish his job and then have the patient sit up on the table.

2. Charles Caleb Colton:

   In America every woman has her set of girl-friends some are cousins, the rest are gained at school. These form a permanent committee who sit on each other's affairs, who 'come out' together, marry and divorce together, and who end as those groups of bustling, heartless well-informed club-women who govern society. Against them the Couple of Ehepaar is helpless and Man in their eyes but a biological interlude.

3. Austin Elliot:

   Whoever said Marriage is a 5-5 proposition laid the foundation for more divorce fees than any other short sentence in our language.

4. Officer Chad Evans:

   I myself years ago went through a divorce, i had to go through some counseling to get my head on straight. There's no loss and pride there. I tell them it's OK to get help because it's impossible to do some of this stuff on your own. So I give him that example and they kind of open them up a little bit.

5. Read MoreAfter:

   We'd had family photos taken in the fall of 2013, before Bruce had even turned 1; fast forward through a 5-month deployment, subsequent separation and divorce by the spring of 2015, and I realized we hadn't had formal photos taken other than cell phone photos, i booked a session for Bruce and I, and sent a message to Adam asking if he wanted to come along, so he could get photos with Bruce as well. He agreed it was a great idea and at least a family photo together seemed like a natural decision.

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