| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | split-up of marriage |
| Synonyms: | annulment, breach, break, breakup, decree nisi, dedomiciling, detachment, disparateness, dissociation, dissolution, disunion, division, divorcement, on the rocks, parting of the ways, partition, rupture, separate maintenance, separation, severance, split, splitsville |
| Antonyms: | marriage |
| Concept: | Divorce. |
| Category: | 1. Social Affections |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
divorce, divorcement; separation; judicial separation, legal separation, separate maintenance, living apart; separatio a mensa et thoro, separatio a vinculo matrimonii., widowhood, viduity, weeds., widow, widower; relict; dowager; divocee; cuckold; grass widow, grass widower.
-verbs
live separate, live apart; separate, divorce, disespouse, put away; wear the horns.
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| Antonyms: | marriage |
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| Main Entry: | alienate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause unfriendliness, hostility |
| Synonyms: | break off, come between, disaffect, disunite, divide, divorce, estrange, make indifferent, part, separate, set against, turn away, turn off, wean, withdraw the affections of |
| Antonyms: | be friendly, disarm |
| Main Entry: | alienation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfriendliness |
| Synonyms: | breach, breaking off, coolness, disaffection, diverting, division, divorce, estrangement, indifference, remoteness, rupture, separation, setting against, turning away, variance, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | charm, endearment, friendliness |
| Main Entry: | breakup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of relationship |
| Synonyms: | breakdown, breaking, crackup, disintegration, dispersal, dissolution, divorce, ending, parting, rift, separation, split, splitsville, splitting, termination, wind-up |
| Antonyms: | reconciliation |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, put an end to, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate |
| Antonyms: | reconcile |
| Main Entry: | cleave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | divide, split |
| Synonyms: | carve, chop, crack, cut, dissect, dissever, disunite, divorce, hack, hew, open, part, pierce, rend, rip, rive, separate, sever, slice, stab, sunder, tear asunder, whack |
| Antonyms: | join, meld, unite |
| Main Entry: | defection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, desertion, disaffection, disloyalty, disownment, divorce, estrangement, failing, failure, faithlessness, forsaking, lack, parting, rebellion, recreancy, rejection, repudiation, retreat, revolt, separation, severance, sundering, tergiversation, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | joining |
| Main Entry: | desertion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandonment |
| Synonyms: | abrogation, absconding, apostasy, avoidance, backsliding, betrayal, castoff, defecting, departing, departure, derelict, dereliction, disaffection, disavowal, disavowing, divorce, elusion, escape, evasion, falling away, falseness, flight, forsaking, going back on, leaving, marooning, perfidy, recreancy, rejection, relinquishment, renunciation, repudiation, resignation, retirement, retreat, running out on, secession, tergiversation, treachery, truancy, withdrawal |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, help, staying |