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Remarriage

A second or repeated marriage.

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Marriage 76% connected

The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony.

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Remarry 74% connected

To marry again.

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To marry again.

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Affiance verb · 78% connection

To betroth; to pledge one's faith to for marriage, or solemnly promise (one's self or another) in marriage.

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Banns n. pl. · 78% connection

Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in a church, or other place prescribed by law, in order that any person may object, if he kn…

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Betroth verb · 78% connection

To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

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Burden noun · 78% connection

The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often re…

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Conjugal adjective · 78% connection

Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial.

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Connubial adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.

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Deuterogamy noun · 78% connection

A second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See B…

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Digamous adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.

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Dingdong noun · 78% connection

The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound.

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Disparage noun · 78% connection

Inequality in marriage; marriage with an inferior.

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Dowry noun · 78% connection

The money, goods, or estate, which a woman brings to her husband in marriage; a bride's portion on her marriage. See Note under Dower.

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Espousal noun · 78% connection

The act of espousing or betrothing; especially, in the plural, betrothal; plighting of the troths; a contract of marriage; sometimes,…

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Exogamy noun · 78% connection

The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to en…

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Hymen noun · 78% connection

Marriage; union as if by marriage.

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Infidelity noun · 78% connection

Unfaithfulness to the marriage vow or contract; violation of the marriage covenant by adultery.

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Intermarriage noun · 78% connection

Connection by marriage; reciprocal marriage; giving and taking in marriage, as between two families, tribes, castes, or nations.

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Intermarry verb · 78% connection

To become connected by marriage between their members; to give and take mutually in marriage; -- said of families, ranks, castes, etc.

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