remarriage

noun

Definition of remarriagenext
as in marriage

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Recent Examples of remarriage James Van Der Beek's first wife, Heather McComb, said that the late Dawson's Creek star blessed her recent remarriage to Scott Michael Campbell. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026 Peter and Harriet won't be the first remarriage among the British royal family. — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026 Things were relatively peaceful until my remarriage, which sent my ex over the edge. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 15 Mar. 2026 At the time, this film was marketed as a kind of modern-day comedy of remarriage, in which on-the-outs small-town husband-and-wife Dennis Quaid and Roberts got back together. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 The Princess Royal married her second and current husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, at Crathie Kirk in December 1992, as the Church of England did not allow for remarriage after divorce at the time. — Meredith Kile, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Adultery remains adultery, and the Catholic Church still does not recognize divorce and remarriage. — Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 30 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remarriage
  1. intermarriage
  2. matrimony
  3. miscegenation
  4. wedlock
  5. mixed marriage
Noun
  • So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Definition of intermarriage
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  • In each of the portraits, his subjects are draped by the white veil, both a symbol of matrimony and silence.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The announcement that the comedian joined the couple together in matrimony was surprising, but Sandler and Swift go back several years.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 4 July 2026
Definition of matrimony
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  • Nancy Buirski's documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who fought Virginia's Jim Crow-era miscegenation laws, eschews narration, instead using archival footage and interviews with those involved to tell a quiet but forceful story that is both a cry for justice and a romance.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Definition of miscegenation
Noun
  • Piero Davi was one of thousands of children born out of wedlock that the Vatican repackaged as orphans.
    — Bill Whitaker, CBS News, 12 July 2026
  • In 17th-century Massachusetts, Hester Prynne struggles to live in society after being forced to wear the letter A, for adulterer, after giving birth to a child out of wedlock.
    — Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
Definition of wedlock
Noun
  • His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage.
    — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980.
    — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Definition of mixed marriage

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“Remarriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remarriage. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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