remarriage

[ree-mar-ij]

noun

1. the act of marrying again, either with the same person following a divorce or annulment or in a different kind of ceremony, or with a different person following a divorce, an annulment, or the death of one's spouse.

2. the relationship entered into by marrying again.

Example Sentences

After her mother’s remarriage and the arrival of another sibling, Edim became a virtual preteen parent, changing diapers, picking up her brothers from day care and school, feeding them and putting them to bed.

From Los Angeles Times

These movies, as critics have pointed out, are themselves rehashing an older Hollywood trope: the comedy of remarriage, in which a separated couple reunites to find their acrimony transformed into revitalized affection.

From New York Times

Unlike divorced spousal benefits, divorced survivor benefits don’t end at remarriage as long as you’re 60 or older when you remarry.

From Los Angeles Times

As members of the Republican National Committee gathered in Las Vegas this week for their winter meeting, the looming remarriage of the party apparatus with Mr. Trump generated only the smallest pockets of resistance.

From New York Times

The most common reason for requesting a change in a child’s last name is remarriage so that the child has the same last name as a stepfather.

From Encyclopedia.com