[
  {
    "word": "divorce",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8v\u0254\u02d0s/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8v\u0254\u02d0s/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8v\u0254\u0279s/",
        "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"
    ]
  }
]