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redivorce en · NOUN

Etymology

From re- + divorce.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A divorce that terminates a remarriage.
    • Further, although the remarriage rate for whites is higher, redivorce among them also is more common (Glick, 1980). 1987, Kay Pasley, Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Remarriage and stepparenting: current research and theory, page 12:
    • Past increases in the number of remarriages after divorce have led to increases in the number of couples subject to ending a marriage through the redivorce of at least one of the partners. 1992, Arthur J. Norton, Louisa Miller, Marriage, divorce, and remarriage in the 1990's, page 6:
    • Upon redivorce, the in loco parentis relationship is considered terminated. 2013, Robert E. Emery, Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 1158:

Forms

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redivorce en · VERB

Etymology

From re- + divorce.

Meanings

  1. To divorce after a remarriage.
    • Many persons who remarry subsequently redivorce, however. 1996, Trends in the Well-being of America's Children and Youth, page 13:
    • Whites redivorce more frequently than blacks. 1984, American Demographics:
    • Data in table G show that according to the results of the June 1985 survey, 26 percent of women eligible to redivorce had done so by age 75. 1990, Current Population Reports: Special studies:

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redivorced Tense=Past lexicographic
redivorces Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
redivorcing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic