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unmarrying

  • a word derived from marry.
    marry
    verb (used with object)
    to take in marriage.
  • a word form of unmarry.
    unmarry
    verb (used with object)
    to officially render or declare the divorce of (a married couple).

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"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

They had been married so easily; there must be an easy way of unmarrying.

From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes

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