remarrying

Taking another spouse

Remarrying is marrying again after a previous marriage has ended through divorce or death of a spouse.

The word emphasizes the act of entering into a new marriage: She's remarrying next spring, He waited five years before remarrying.

Questions about remarrying often involve practical and emotional considerations—children from previous marriages, financial arrangements, or readiness to commit again.

commitment

spouse

Married partner

devotion · pledge · oath · promise · bond · lifelong · partnership · betrothal · engagement · fiancé

ceremony

wedding

Marriage rite and feast

officiant · vows · reception · bride · bridegroom · bouquet · ringbearer · honeymoon · pastor · rite

subsequent

again

Another time around

ex · annulment · divorce · separation · prior · bereavement · loss

Opposites
marital sequence

remarryingfirst marriage

Original spouse relationship

relationship trajectory

remarryingdivorcing

Terminating a marriage legally

separating · annulling · widowhood · widowing · breaking up

commitment continuity

remarryingcelibacy

Abstaining from intimate relations

bachelorhood · spinsterhood

Family

marriage, marry, unmarried, remarry, marital, remarried, remarriage, remarries, premarital

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G