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
Father can unmarry us, that's why we acted in this miserable, secret, underhanded way.
From Story of Waitstill Baxter by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
"I am going to England to marry one and to unmarry the other," she had said on leaving Paris.
From Henrietta Maria by Henrietta Haynes
The expectation of a durable connection makes men careful, otherwise they would marry and unmarry every week.
From Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous
Divorced spouses likely also qualify if the marriage lasted at least 10 years, they are currently unmarried, among other requirements.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
A test conducted by the Consumer Federation of America, cited in a legal brief in support of the litigation, found that unmarried drivers pay more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
The report sorted American households into seven distinct family structures: intact married, single parent, blended, unmarried biological or adoptive, cohabiting, extended and other.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Despite a significant proportion of American births to single mothers, the number of unmarried women giving birth has actually been decreasing for the past decade, with the decline largely driven by teenagers and working-class women.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“It may be all very delightful to those concerned but as I like unmarried women better than those in the blessed state, I vote it a bore....”
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
"Forgive me," said the king laughing, "I am not now thinking of marrying, but of unmarrying."
From Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
A new court was established last year, and under the new statute, twenty and twenty-one Vic., cap. eighty-five, unmarrying is as easy as marrying.
From The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Nothing was easier to Raymond than unmarrying a wife of whom he was tired.
From Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) by Pierce Butler
They had been married so easily; there must be an easy way of unmarrying.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
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