redivorce
redivorce noun: a divorce that terminates a remarriage.
Noun
redivorce (countable and uncountable, plural redivorces)
- 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
Verb
redivorce (third-person singular simple present redivorces, present participle redivorcing, simple past and past participle redivorced)
- To divorce after a remarriage.
- 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
- Whites redivorce more frequently than blacks.1984, American Demographics
redivorce meaning in Bengali
redivorce in Bengali
- পুনর্বিবাহের পর বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ করা
Examples of redivorce in a sentence
- Upon redivorce, the in loco parentis relationship is considered terminated.2013, Robert E. Emery, Cultural Sociology of Divorce: An Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 1158:
- Many persons who remarry subsequently redivorce, however.1996, Trends in the Well-being of America's Children and Youth, page 13:
Forms of redivorce
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | redivorces |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | redivorces |
| present participle | redivorcing |
| past participle | redivorced |
| past | redivorced |
Origin of redivorce
From re- + divorce.
Questions about redivorce
- What does redivorce mean?
- Redivorce means a divorce that terminates a remarriage.
- What is redivorce in Bengali?
- Redivorce in Bengali is পুনর্বিবাহের পর বিবাহবিচ্ছেদ করা. See Redivorce meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use redivorce in a sentence?
- Upon redivorce, the in loco parentis relationship is considered terminated.
- What part of speech is redivorce?
- Redivorce can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of redivorce?
- The plural of redivorce is redivorces.
Words near redivorce in the dictionary
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