Home › Words › U › unmarryunmarryunmarry means to undo the action of marrying somebody.EtymologyFrom un- + marry.verbTo undo the action of marrying somebody.e.g.“But there can be no doubt that John Scarborough and Ada Sneyd were married at Rummelsburg, and that it will be found to be impossible to unmarry them.” — 1883, Anthony Trollope, Mr. Scarborough's Family:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dismarry 73% match — To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce. vs unmarry →unmarriable 69% match — Not marriable. vs unmarry →unkiss 63% match — To cancel or annul something that was done or sealed with a kiss. vs unmarry →unmarriageably 62% match — To an unmarriageable degree. vs unmarry →unbaptize 61% match — To undo the process of baptism for (someone). vs unmarry →unmerge 60% match — To separate (something previously merged); to demerge. vs unmarry →unassign 60% match — To remove or undo the assignment of. vs unmarry →uncancel 60% match — To take back, undo the act of canceling (someone or something). vs unmarry →