redivorce

noun

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).”

   “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.”

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

verb

1. 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.”

   “Whites redivorce more frequently than blacks.”

   “Many persons who remarry subsequently redivorce, however.”