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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 Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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 Hardy, Thomas

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

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert

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 Butler, Pierce