Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Divorce (-d)
divorce (-d), n. [Fr. < L. dīvortiu-m, separation, dissolution of marriage by consent.]
Separation; disunion; division; release; disengagement; detachment; partition; split up; break up; dissolving of a marriage contract; (see Jeremiah 3:8).
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