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PALIMONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does palimony mean?
• PALIMONY (noun)
The noun PALIMONY has 1 sense:
1. support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
Familiarity information: PALIMONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("palimony" is a kind of...):
support payment (a payment made by one person for the support of another)
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