redivorce

plural redivorces

1. countableuncountableA divorce that terminates a remarriage.

   Upon redivorce, the in loco parentis relationship is considered terminated.

   2013, Robert E. Emery, Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 1158

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   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

present singular third person redivorces · participle present redivorcing · participle past redivorced · past redivorced

1. To divorce after a remarriage.

   Whites redivorce more frequently than blacks.

   1984, American Demographics

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   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

   Many persons who remarry subsequently redivorce, however.

   1996, Trends in the Well-being of America's Children and Youth, page 13