different between nullity vs divorce

English

Etymology

From Middle French nullité, from Medieval Latin nullitalis, from Latin nullus

Noun

nullity (countable and uncountable, plural nullities)

1. The state of being null, or void, or invalid.

   nullity of marriage

2. (law) A void act; a defective proceeding or one expressly declared by statute to be a nullity.
3. (mathematics) The difference between the rank of a matrix and the number of columns it has; the dimension of the nullspace of a matrix.

Derived terms

• decree of nullity

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French divorce, from Latin d?vortium, from d?vertere (“to turn aside”), from d?- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??v??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d??v??s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??vo(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /d??vo?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

divorce (countable and uncountable, plural divorces)

1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.

   Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.

2. A separation of connected things.

   The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
3. (zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
4. (obsolete) That which separates.

Synonyms

• (legal dissolution of a marriage): divorcement
• (separation of connected things): partition, separation, severance

Antonyms

• marriage

Derived terms

• velvet divorce

Translations

Verb

divorce (third-person singular simple present divorces, present participle divorcing, simple past and past participle divorced)

1. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.

2. (transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.

3. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.

4. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.

Synonyms

• (to legally dissolve a marriage): split up
• (to separate something that was connected): disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

Antonyms

• marry

Derived terms

• innocently divorced

Translations

Anagrams

• codrive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.v??s/

Etymology 1

From Latin d?vortium.

Noun

divorce m (plural divorces)

1. divorce

Derived terms

• divorcer

Etymology 2

Verb

divorce

1. first-person singular present indicative of divorcer
2. third-person singular present indicative of divorcer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of divorcer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of divorcer
5. second-person singular imperative of divorcer

Further reading

• “divorce” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).