name
Meaning 1
The 65th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
divorce
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈvɔːs/
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noun
Meaning 2
The legal dissolution of a marriage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A separation of connected things.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 4
The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 5
That which separates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 8
To obtain a legal divorce.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To separate something that was connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the legal dissolution of a marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divorcement
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separation
verb
Meaning 11
part; cease or break association with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disassociate, dissociate, disunite, disjoint
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
verb
Meaning 12
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The couple divorced after only 6 months
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: split up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
History
Etymology
Derived from Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.
Across languages
Translations
384 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: سورة الطلاق — 65th sura of the Qur'an
- Uyghur: تەلاق (telaq) — 65th sura of the Qur'an
- Afrikaans: egskeiding — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Albanian: divorc — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Albanian: shkurorëzim — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Arabic: طَلَاق (ṭalāq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Arabic: تَطْلِيق (taṭlīq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Arabic: خُلْع (ḵulʕ) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Arabic: طلاق (ṭalāg) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܼܠܵܠܵܐ (dulālā) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Armenian: ամուսնալուծություն (amusnalucutʻyun) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Armenian: ապահարզան (apaharzan) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Assamese: বিবাহ বিচ্ছেদ (bibah bissed) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Asturian: divorciu — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Azerbaijani: boşanma — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Belarusian: разво́д (razvód) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Bengali: বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ (bibahobicched) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Bulgarian: разво́д (razvód) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Bulgarian: бракоразво́д (brakorazvód) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Burmese: ကွာရှင်းခြင်း (kwahrang:hkrang:) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Burmese: ကွာရှင်းပြတ်စဲခြင်း (kwahrang:pratcai:hkrang:) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Catalan: divorci — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 離婚 /离婚 (lei4 fan1) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 離婚 /离婚 (líhūn) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ngazidja Comorian: twalaka — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Czech: rozvod — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Danish: skilsmisse — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Dutch: echtscheiding — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Esperanto: divorco — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Esperanto: eksgeedziĝo — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Estonian: abielulahutus — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Estonian: lahutus — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Faroese: hjúnaskilnaður — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Finnish: avioero — legal dissolution of a marriage
- French: divorce — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Galician: divorcio — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Georgian: გაყრა (gaq̇ra) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Georgian: განქორწინება (gankorc̣ineba) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- German: Scheidung — legal dissolution of a marriage
- German: Ehescheidung — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Gothic: 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (afstass) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Greek: διαζύγιο (diazýgio) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ancient Greek: ἀποστάσιον (apostásion) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Gujarati: તલાક (talāk) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Gujarati: છૂટાછેડા (chūṭācheḍā) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Gujarati: ડિવોર્સ (ḍivors) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hebrew: גירושין \ גֵּרוּשִׁין (geirushin) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: तलाक़ (talāq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: तलाक (talāk) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: त्याग (tyāg) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: स्त्रीपुरुषविच्छेद (strīpuruṣvicched) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: विवाहविच्छेद (vivāhvicched) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hindi: विच्छेदन (vicchedan) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Hungarian: válás — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Icelandic: skilnaður — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Icelandic: hjónaskilnaður — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ido: divorco — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ido: desmariajo — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Indonesian: perceraian — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Irish: colscaradh — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Irish: idirscaradh — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Italian: divorzio — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Japanese: 離婚 (rikon) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kannada: ವಿಚ್ಛೇದನ (vicchēdana) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kazakh: ажырасу (ajyrasu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kazakh: айырылысу (aiyrylysu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kazakh: талақ (talaq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Khmer: ការលែងលះ (kaa lɛɛng lĕəh) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Korean: 이혼 (ihon) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Korean: 리혼 (rihon) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Central Kurdish: تەلاق (telaq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Northern Kurdish: telaq — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kyrgyz: ажырашуу (ajıraşuu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Kyrgyz: талак (talak) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Lao: ການຢ່າ (kān yā) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Lao: ການຢ່າຮ້າງ (kān yā hāng) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Latin: dīvortium — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Latin: diversiō — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Latvian: šķiršanās — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Lithuanian: skyrybos — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Lithuanian: ištuoka — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Luxembourgish: Scheedung — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Macedonian: развод (razvod) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Malay: perceraian — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Malayalam: വിവാഹമോചനം (vivāhamōcanaṁ) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Maltese: divorzju — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Marathi: घटस्फोट (ghaṭasphoṭ) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Marathi: काडीमोड (kāḍīmoḍ) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Marathi: वेगळे होणे (vegḷe hoṇe) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Mongolian: салалт (salalt) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Navajo: ałtsʼááʼítʼaash — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Norwegian Bokmål: skilsmisse — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Norwegian Nynorsk: skilsmisse — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Occitan: divòrci — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Odia: ଛାଡ଼ପତ୍ର (chāṛapatra) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Odia: ବିବାହ ବିଚ୍ଛେଦ (bibāha biccheda) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Old English: āsyndrung — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Old English: hīwgedāl — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Pannonian Rusyn: розвод (rozvod) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Pashto: پرېژه (preža) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Pashto: طلاق (talāq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Dari: طَلَاق (talāq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Iranian Persian: طَلاق (talâġ) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Plautdietsch: Ehescheiden — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Plautdietsch: Scheedunk — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Polish: rozwód — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Portuguese: divórcio — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Portuguese: separação — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Romanian: divorț — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Romanian: despărțire — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Russian: разво́д (razvód) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Russian: расторже́ние бра́ка (rastoržénije bráka) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Sanskrit: विच्छेदन (vicchedana) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Sanskrit: त्याग (tyāga) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Sanskrit: स्त्रीपुरुषविच्छेद (strīpuruṣaviccheda) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Sanskrit: विवाहविच्छेद (vivāhaviccheda) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Scottish Gaelic: sgaradh-pòsaidh — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar-ghearradh — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: ра́звод — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: бракора́звод — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: ра̑става — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: rázvod — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: brakorázvod — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: rȃstava — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Sinhalese: දික්කසාදය (dikkasādaya) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Slovak: rozvod — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Slovene: ločitev — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Spanish: divorcio — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Swahili: talaka — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Swedish: skilsmässa — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Swedish: äktenskapsskillnad — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tagalog: diborsiyo — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tajik: талоқ (taloq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tamil: மணவிலக்கு (maṇavilakku) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tamil: விவாகரத்து (vivākarattu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tamil: திருமண முறிவு (tirumaṇa muṟivu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tamil: மணமுறிவு (maṇamuṟivu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tarifit: uruf — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tatar: аерылышу (ayırılışu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Telugu: విడాకులు (viḍākulu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tewa: thawiyeh — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Thai: การหย่าร้าง (gaan-yàa-ráang) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Thai: การหย่า (gaan-yàa) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Tibetan: བཟའ་མི་ཁ་བྲལ (bza' mi kha bral) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Turkish: boşanma — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Turkmen: aýrylyş — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ukrainian: розлу́чення (rozlúčennja) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ukrainian: розірва́ння шлю́бу (rozirvánnja šljúbu) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ukrainian: ро́звід (rózvid) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Ukrainian: розві́д (rozvíd) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Urdu: طَلاق (talāq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uyghur: ئاجرىشىش (ajrishish) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uyghur: تالاق (talaq) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uzbek: qoʻydi-chiqdi — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uzbek: ajralish — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uzbek: ajratish — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Uzbek: taloq — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Vietnamese: ly hôn — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Volapük: matiteil — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Welsh: ysgariad — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Welsh: ysgariadau — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Yiddish: גט (get) — legal dissolution of a marriage
- Armenian: անջատում (anǰatum) — separation of connected things
- Armenian: բաժանում (bažanum) — separation of connected things
- Armenian: խզում (xzum) — separation of connected things
- Bulgarian: разри́в (razrív) — separation of connected things
- Bulgarian: разде́ляне (razdéljane) — separation of connected things
- Catalan: divorci — separation of connected things
- Chinese Mandarin: 脫離 /脱离 (tuōlí) — separation of connected things
- Finnish: ero — separation of connected things
- Finnish: erottelu — separation of connected things
- Galician: divorcio — separation of connected things
- Galician: separación — separation of connected things
- Galician: división — separation of connected things
- Greek: χωρισμός (chorismós) — separation of connected things
- Greek: διαζύγιο (diazýgio) — separation of connected things
- Hungarian: elválás — separation of connected things
- Ingrian: erahus — separation of connected things
- Macedonian: раздвојување (razdvojuvanje) — separation of connected things
- Macedonian: одвојување (odvojuvanje) — separation of connected things
- Macedonian: одделување (oddeluvanje) — separation of connected things
- Macedonian: раскинување (raskinuvanje) — separation of connected things
- Macedonian: раскин (raskin) — separation of connected things
- Portuguese: separação — separation of connected things
- Portuguese: divisão — separation of connected things
- Romanian: despărțire — separation of connected things
- Russian: отделе́ние (otdelénije) — separation of connected things
- Russian: разры́в (razrýv) — separation of connected things
- Serbo-Croatian: ра́звод — separation of connected things
- Serbo-Croatian: rázvod — separation of connected things
- Swedish: skiljande — separation of connected things
- Swedish: skilsmässa — separation of connected things
- Tamil: முறிவு (muṟivu) — separation of connected things
- Tibetan: ཁ་བྲལ (kha bral) — separation of connected things
- Tibetan: ཡ་བྲལ (ya bral) — separation of connected things
- Afrikaans: skei — legally dissolve a marriage
- Chungli Ao: pala — legally dissolve a marriage
- Arabic: طَلَّقَ (ṭallaqa) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Arabic: طَلَّق (ṭallag) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܕܠܸܠ (madlil) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Armenian: բաժանել (bažanel) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Armenian: ամուսնալուծել (amusnalucel) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Asturian: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Bashkir: айырыу (ayırıw) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Bulgarian: разве́ждам (razvéždam) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Bulgarian: разведа́ (razvedá) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Burmese: ကွာရှင်း (kwahrang:) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Catalan: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 離婚 /离婚 (lei4 fan1) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 離婚 /离婚 (líhūn) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Cornish: didhemedhi — legally dissolve a marriage
- Czech: rozvést — legally dissolve a marriage
- Finnish: erota — legally dissolve a marriage
- French: divorcer — legally dissolve a marriage
- Galician: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- German: scheiden — legally dissolve a marriage
- Greek: χωρίζω (chorízo) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Greek: παίρνω διαζύγιο (paírno diazýgio) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Hindi: तलाक़ देना (talāq denā) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Hindi: तलाक देना (talāk denā) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Hungarian: elválaszt — legally dissolve a marriage
- Ido: divorcigar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Italian: divorziare — legally dissolve a marriage
- Japanese: 離婚させる (rikon saseru) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Khmer: លែងលះ (lɛɛng lĕəh) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Latin: dīvertō — legally dissolve a marriage
- Macedonian: разве́дува (razvéduva) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Macedonian: се разве́дува (se razvéduva) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Māori: toko — legally dissolve a marriage
- Māori: tokorau — legally dissolve a marriage
- Navajo: ałtsʼánátʼaash — legally dissolve a marriage
- Occitan: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Portuguese: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Romanian: divorța — legally dissolve a marriage
- Romanian: despărți — legally dissolve a marriage
- Russian: разводи́ть (razvodítʹ) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Russian: развести́ (razvestí) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Slovak: rozviesť — legally dissolve a marriage
- Slovak: rozvádzať — legally dissolve a marriage
- Spanish: divorciar — legally dissolve a marriage
- Swahili: -taliki — legally dissolve a marriage
- Thai: หย่า (yàa) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Tibetan: བཟའ་ཟླ་ཁ་བྲལ་འགྲོ (bza' zla kha bral 'gro) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Turkish: boşamak — legally dissolve a marriage
- Ukrainian: розлуча́ти (rozlučáty) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Ukrainian: розлучи́ти (rozlučýty) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Urdu: طلاق دینا (talāq denā) — legally dissolve a marriage
- Vietnamese: ly hôn — legally dissolve a marriage
- Vietnamese: ly dị — legally dissolve a marriage
- Afrikaans: skei — end one's own marriage
- Arabic: أَطْلَقَ (ʔaṭlaqa) — end one's own marriage
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܲܠܸܠ (dalil) — end one's own marriage
- Armenian: բաժանվել (bažanvel) — end one's own marriage
- Azerbaijani: boşanmaq — end one's own marriage
- Bashkir: айырылышыу (ayırılışıw) — end one's own marriage
- Belarusian: разво́дзіцца (razvódzicca) — end one's own marriage
- Belarusian: разве́сціся (razvjéscisja) — end one's own marriage
- Belarusian: разжэ́ньвацца (razžénʹvacca) — end one's own marriage
- Belarusian: разжані́цца (razžanícca) — end one's own marriage
- Bulgarian: разве́ждам се (razvéždam se) — end one's own marriage
- Bulgarian: разведа́ се (razvedá se) — end one's own marriage
- Catalan: divorciar-se — end one's own marriage
- Chinese Cantonese: 離婚 /离婚 (lei4 fan1) — end one's own marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 離婚 /离婚 (líhūn) — end one's own marriage
- Chinese Mandarin: 離異 /离异 (líyì) — end one's own marriage
- Czech: rozvádět se — end one's own marriage
- Czech: rozvést se — end one's own marriage
- Danish: skilles — end one's own marriage
- Dutch: zich scheiden — end one's own marriage
- Finnish: erota — end one's own marriage
- French: se divorcer — end one's own marriage
- Galician: divorciarse — end one's own marriage
- Georgian: განქორწინება (gankorc̣ineba) — end one's own marriage
- German: sich scheiden lassen — end one's own marriage
- Hebrew: הִתְגָּרֵשׁ (hitgarésh) — end one's own marriage
- Hindi: तलाक़ देना (talāq denā) — end one's own marriage
- Hindi: तलाक देना (talāk denā) — end one's own marriage
- Hungarian: elválik — end one's own marriage
- Hungarian: válik — end one's own marriage
- Ido: divorcigar — end one's own marriage
- Italian: divorziarsi — end one's own marriage
- Japanese: 離婚する (rikon suru) — end one's own marriage
- Kazakh: ажырасу (ajyrasu) — end one's own marriage
- Kazakh: айырылысу (aiyrylysu) — end one's own marriage
- Khmer: លែងលះ (lɛɛng lĕəh) — end one's own marriage
- Korean: 이혼하다 (ihonhada) — end one's own marriage
- Korean: 리혼하다 (rihonhada) — end one's own marriage
- Kyrgyz: ажырашып кетүү (ajıraşıp ketüü) — end one's own marriage
- Lao: ຢ່າ (yā) — end one's own marriage
- Lao: ປະ (pa) — end one's own marriage
- Macedonian: раздвојува (razdvojuva) — end one's own marriage
- Macedonian: се раздвојува (se razdvojuva) — end one's own marriage
- Macedonian: се разведува (se razveduva) — end one's own marriage
- Mongolian: салах (salax) — end one's own marriage
- Mongolian: гэрлэлт цуцлах (gerlelt cuclax) — end one's own marriage
- Norwegian Bokmål: skille seg — end one's own marriage
- Iranian Persian: طَلاق دادَن (talâġ dâdan) — end one's own marriage
- Iranian Persian: طَلاق گِرِفْتَن (talâġ gereftan) — end one's own marriage
- Polish: rozwodzić się — end one's own marriage
- Polish: rozwieść się — end one's own marriage
- Portuguese: divorciar-se — end one's own marriage
- Romanian: divorța — end one's own marriage
- Romanian: despărți — end one's own marriage
- Russian: разводи́ться (razvodítʹsja) — end one's own marriage
- Russian: развести́сь (razvestísʹ) — end one's own marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: развести се — end one's own marriage
- Serbo-Croatian: razvesti se — end one's own marriage
- Slovak: rozvádzať sa — end one's own marriage
- Slovak: rozviesť sa — end one's own marriage
- Slovene: ločiti se — end one's own marriage
- Spanish: divorciarse — end one's own marriage
- Swahili: -taliki — end one's own marriage
- Swedish: skilja sig — end one's own marriage
- Swedish: skiljas — end one's own marriage
- Tajik: талоқ додан (taloq dodan) — end one's own marriage
- Tamil: விவாகரத்து செய் (vivākarattu cey) — end one's own marriage
- Tamil: மணவிலக்கு செய் (maṇavilakku cey) — end one's own marriage
- Thai: หย่า (yàa) — end one's own marriage
- Tibetan: བཟའ་ཟླ་ཁ་བྲལ་འགྲོ (bza' zla kha bral 'gro) — end one's own marriage
- Turkish: boşanmak — end one's own marriage
- Turkmen: aýrylyşmak — end one's own marriage
- Ukrainian: розлуча́тися (rozlučátysja) — end one's own marriage
- Ukrainian: розлучи́тися (rozlučýtysja) — end one's own marriage
- Ukrainian: розво́дитися (rozvódytysja) — end one's own marriage
- Ukrainian: розвести́ся (rozvestýsja) — end one's own marriage
- Urdu: طَلاق دینا (talāq denā) — end one's own marriage
- Uzbek: qoʻydi-chiqdi boʻlmoq — end one's own marriage
- Uzbek: ajralishmoq — end one's own marriage
- Vietnamese: ly hôn — end one's own marriage
- Vietnamese: ly dị — end one's own marriage
- Armenian: բաժանել (bažanel) — separate something that was connected
- Armenian: անջատել (anǰatel) — separate something that was connected
- Azerbaijani: ayırmaq — separate something that was connected
- Bashkir: ысҡындырыу (ısqındırıw) — separate something that was connected
- Bashkir: айырыу (ayırıw) — separate something that was connected
- Bulgarian: разде́лям (razdéljam) — separate something that was connected
- Bulgarian: разделя́ (razdeljá) — separate something that was connected
- Catalan: divorciar — separate something that was connected
- Finnish: erottaa — separate something that was connected
- Galician: separar — separate something that was connected
- Greek: χωρίζω (chorízo) — separate something that was connected
- Hungarian: elválaszt — separate something that was connected
- Hungarian: szétválaszt — separate something that was connected
- Macedonian: раздвојува (razdvojuva) — separate something that was connected
- Macedonian: одвојува (odvojuva) — separate something that was connected
- Macedonian: одделува (oddeluva) — separate something that was connected
- Macedonian: раскинување (raskinuvanje) — separate something that was connected
- Portuguese: separar — separate something that was connected
- Romanian: despărți — separate something that was connected
- Russian: отделя́ться (otdeljátʹsja) — separate something that was connected
- Russian: отдели́ться (otdelítʹsja) — separate something that was connected
- Swedish: skilja — separate something that was connected
- Swedish: skilja åt — separate something that was connected
- Tamil: பிரி (piri) — separate something that was connected
- Tibetan: ཁ་གྱེས (kha gyes) — separate something that was connected
- Armenian: բաժանվել (bažanvel) — obtain a legal divorce
- Armenian: ամուսնալուծվել (amusnalucvel) — obtain a legal divorce
- Asturian: divorciase — obtain a legal divorce
- Azerbaijani: boşanmaq — obtain a legal divorce
- Catalan: divorciar-se — obtain a legal divorce
- Finnish: erota — obtain a legal divorce
- Galician: divorciarse — obtain a legal divorce
- German: sich scheiden lassen — obtain a legal divorce
- Hebrew: הִתְגָּרֵשׁ (hitgarésh) — obtain a legal divorce
- Hungarian: elválik — obtain a legal divorce
- Ido: divorcar — obtain a legal divorce
- Macedonian: разведува (razveduva) — obtain a legal divorce
- Macedonian: се разведува (se razveduva) — obtain a legal divorce
- Portuguese: divorciar-se — obtain a legal divorce
- Romanian: divorța — obtain a legal divorce
- Romanian: despărți — obtain a legal divorce
- Russian: разводи́ться (razvodítʹsja) — obtain a legal divorce
- Russian: развести́сь (razvestísʹ) — obtain a legal divorce
- Slovak: rozvádzať sa — obtain a legal divorce
- Slovak: rozviesť sa — obtain a legal divorce
- Spanish: divorciarse — obtain a legal divorce
- Swahili: -taliki — obtain a legal divorce
- Swedish: skilja sig — obtain a legal divorce
- Swedish: skiljas — obtain a legal divorce
- Tamil: விவாகரத்து வாங்கு (vivākarattu vāṅku) — obtain a legal divorce
- Tamil: மணவிலக்கு வாங்கு (maṇavilakku vāṅku) — obtain a legal divorce
- Thai: หย่า (yàa) — obtain a legal divorce
- Tibetan: བཟའ་ཟླ་ཁ་བྲལ་འགྲོ (bza' zla kha bral 'gro) — obtain a legal divorce
- Turkish: boşanmak — obtain a legal divorce
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