divorce
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the legal dissolution of a marriage
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
part; cease or break association with
She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
- dissociation derivation
- disunion derivation
- dissociation derivation
- disassociation derivation
Sense 3 verb
get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
The couple divorced after only 6 months
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | split up |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissociation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disunion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissociation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disassociation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | divorce |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | divorcee |
| 3 | entails | Related & opposite | marry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |