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 Madame Sarah Grand
Sixtus V., a Cordelier become pope, declared, by his letter of the 25th of June, 1587, to his nuncio in Spain, that he must unmarry all those who were not possessed of testicles.
From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
"She married me for a whim; she will unmarry me the same way," he reiterated to himself.
From Bambi by Marjorie Benton Cooke
Kristin Malin, who lives in Georgetown and attended the event Monday, said she recalled the time before unmarried women could access even contraception.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Fathers who died were also more likely to have been older, non-Hispanic Black, unmarried, living in rural areas and connected with Medicaid-paid births.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home institution for unmarried mothers and their children was in operation from 1925 until 1961.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The regulatory change was included in a legal brief filed by the department in a lawsuit brought by 11 unmarried drivers in 2022 seeking to overturn the policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
People lose jobs, move, get married and unmarried, get sick, fall behind on bills, have more kids.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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
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
They had been married so easily; there must be an easy way of unmarrying.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
"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
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