noun
- financial support paid by one partner to another after the end of a long-term unmarried relationship
Usage: legal term; informal
Examples
- After their ten-year relationship ended, she filed for palimony.
- The court awarded him monthly palimony payments.
- Palimony cases can be complex without a written agreement.
- They signed a cohabitation agreement to avoid future palimony disputes.
- The celebrity’s former partner sought palimony in the high-profile case.
- Unlike alimony, palimony involves unmarried couples.