[{"word":"divorce","phonetic":"/dɪˈvɔːs/","phonetics":[{"text":"/dɪˈvɔːs/","audio":""},{"text":"/dɪˈvɔɹs/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The legal dissolution of a marriage.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene."},{"definition":"A separation of connected things.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines."},{"definition":"That which separates.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["divorcement","partition","separation","severance"],"antonyms":["marriage"]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."},{"definition":"To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."},{"definition":"To obtain a legal divorce.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."},{"definition":"To separate something that was connected.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."}],"synonyms":["split up","disassociate","disjoint","dissociate","disunite","separate"],"antonyms":["marry"]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/divorce"]}]