Remarriage

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of forming a new marital bond after having ended a previous one involves legal and emotional commitments distinct from the initial union
2. Engaging in a second union after a divorce entails establishing new legal and personal relationships that differ from past experiences
3. The act of entering into a new marriage following a dissolution of a prior one entails creating fresh emotional and legal commitments distinct from earlier relations

Etymology: "Remarriage" is a plain compound: the prefix "re-", meaning "again," attached to "marriage." The prefix comes from Latin "re-," which passed into English through Old French and Middle English, while "marriage" arrived in English from Old French "marier," itself from Latin "maritare," meaning "to wed" and linked to "maritus," a husband. Put together, the word describes marrying again, and the sense carries no hint of the first union having failed, though that is how it is now most often used.

Synonyms: second marriage, subsequent marriage

Antonyms: divorce, separation