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Definition of
palimony noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
palimony
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈpæləˌmoʊni
/
/
[
uncountable
]
(
informal
)
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money that a court orders someone to pay regularly to a former partner when they have lived together without being married
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