Redivorce

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A divorce that terminates a remarriage. countable, uncountable

    "Further, although the remarriage rate for whites is higher, redivorce among them also is more common (Glick, 1980)."

Verb
  1. 1
    To divorce after a remarriage.

    "Data in table G show that according to the results of the June 1985 survey, 26 percent of women eligible to redivorce had done so by age 75."

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"Further, although the remarriage rate for whites is higher, redivorce among them also is more common (Glick, 1980)."

Etymology

From re- + divorce.

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