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palimony
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
palimony
(noun)
palimony
/
ˈ
pæləˌmoʊni/
noun
palimony
/
ˈ
pæləˌmoʊni/
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PALIMONY
[
noncount
]
chiefly US
:
money that a court orders one person to pay to his or her former partner after they have stopped living together
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