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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 endsplay

  Familiarity information: PALIMONY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PALIMONY (noun)


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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