palimony

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support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
Palimony is money that a person pays to a partner they have lived with for a long time and are now separated from. Compare alimony. an amount of money that a law court orders someone to pay regularly to a former partner that they were living with but were not married to (pal + alimony)
{i} support payment paid by one member of an unmarried couple (who lived together for a long period) to the other after separation
A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship