divorce

divorce

Fin légale d’un mariage.

En anglais simple : The legal ending of a marriage.

• They got a divorce.
• She asked a lawyer about filing for divorce.
• Their divorce was difficult for the children.

Comment l'utiliser : a divorce from someone (She wanted a divorce from her husband.)

Synonymes : dissolution of marriage

Expressions courantes : get a divorce, file for divorce, divorce settlement

séparation, divorce

Séparation entre des choses qui étaient liées ou qui devraient aller ensemble.

En anglais simple : A separation between things that were connected or should belong together.

• There is a divorce between theory and practice.
• He criticised the divorce of politics from everyday life.
• This divorce between art and society troubles her.

Comment l'utiliser : a divorce between A and B (There is a divorce between their promises and their actions.); a divorce of A from B (She regretted the divorce of learning from play.)

Synonymes : separation, division

Contraires : union

Expressions courantes : divorce between things, divorce from something

divorcer de

Mettre légalement fin à son mariage avec son mari ou sa femme.

En anglais simple : To legally end your marriage to your husband or wife.

• She divorced her husband.
• He wants to divorce his wife.
• Would you divorce someone who lied to you?

Comment l'utiliser : divorce someone (He divorced his wife last year.)

Expressions courantes : divorce someone, divorce her husband, divorce his wife

divorcer

Mettre fin à son mariage par une procédure légale.

En anglais simple : To end your marriage through a legal process.

• They divorced last year.
• My parents decided to divorce.
• After twenty years together, the couple divorced amicably.

Synonymes : get divorced

Contraires : marry

Expressions courantes : decide to divorce, divorce amicably

séparer, dissocier

Séparer des choses qui sont liées entre elles.

En anglais simple : To separate things that are connected.

• You cannot divorce art from life.
• The report divorced these events from their historical context.
• She tried to divorce herself from party politics.

Comment l'utiliser : divorce A from B (We cannot divorce this problem from the wider situation.); divorce oneself from something (He divorced himself from the organisation.)

Synonymes : separate, detach

Contraires : connect, unite

Expressions courantes : divorce from something, divorce the two

divorcer

Mettre légalement fin au mariage de deux personnes.

En anglais simple : To legally end the marriage of two people.

• The court can divorce the couple.
• The judge divorced them after reviewing the papers.
• Only a court has the authority to divorce them here.

Synonymes : dissolve a marriage

Expressions courantes : divorce a couple, power to divorce