unmarry
Americanverb (used with object)
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to officially render or declare the divorce of (a married couple).
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to divorce (one's marital partner).
verb (used without object)
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We marry, unmarry and remarry again more quickly than the citizens of any other Western nation.
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2013
Weldon Owens, witness at a wedding, signed on the wrong line, had to get a court order to unmarry him.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is a pity you cannot unmarry yourself.
From The Heavenly Twins by Grand, Madame Sarah
No law in Church or State can unmarry the legally married.
From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.
"She married me for a whim; she will unmarry me the same way," he reiterated to himself.
From Bambi by Cooke, Marjorie Benton
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