Usage Note
Divorzio is masculine: il divorzio. Italy only legalised divorce in 1970, making the term culturally significant. The verb divorziare (to divorce) takes avere: hanno divorziato ('they divorced'). Chiedere il divorzio means 'to file for divorce'.
Examples
"Ha rinunciato nobilmente alla sua parte dell'eredità."
Natural Translation
He nobly renounced his share of the inheritance.
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