Divorce in India continues to be read primarily as a sign of moral decline and the “failure” of marriage. This article advances the opposite claim: the growing visibility of divorce is a marker of autonomy, especially for women resisting coercive conjugality. It reinterprets divorce not as a social disorder but as a legitimate pathway out of unequal marriages. The insight, therefore, argues for reforms that ensure predictability, security, and dignity in marital dissolution. By placing autonomy at the heart of family law, it urges a new understanding of marriage founded on reciprocity and care, rather than endurance as the sole measure of its worth.