English

Adjective

divorced

1. Cut off, or separated.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix:

     It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.

2. (of a marriage) Legally dissolved.

   It is a sad fact that 43% of marriages are now divorced.

3. (of persons formerly married) Having had one's marriage legally dissolved.

   Mark's parents are divorced.

Synonyms

• split

Antonyms

• connected
• married
• engaged

Derived terms

• innocently divorced

Translations

Verb

divorced

1. simple past tense and past participle of divorce

See also

• divorce
• divorcee
• divorced kid
• divorcing
• marriage
• single
• split
• widow