marriage vs divorce
Definitions
noun
- two people who are married to each other
- the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
- the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony
- a close and intimate union
Examples
Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
A lot of people loved the big Kawasaki's marriage of retro style with 1990s handling and reliability.
Ingundis; and Leovigild, whose two sons, Hermenegild and Recared, were the issue of a former marriage.] [Footnote 128: Iracundiae furore succensa, adprehensam per comam capitis puellam in terram conlidit, et diu calcibus verberatam, ac sanguins cruentatam, jussit exspoliari, et piscinae immergi.
Definitions
noun
- the legal dissolution of a marriage
verb
- get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage
- part; cease or break association with
Examples
Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods.
You may not be able to hurry love, but it seems you can speed up divorce proceedings with the push of a button.
In Britain, one in every three marriages now ends in divorce.
