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leavee

leavee noun: the person in a relationship who is left by the other.

Noun

leavee (plural leavees)

  1. The person in a relationship who is left by the other.
    • The leavee is the one who may not have been quite ready to give up on the relationship and so may feel still committed in some way to the marriage.2009, Lisa Rene Reynolds, Still a Family: A Guide to Good Parenting Through Divorce, page 125

Forms of leavee

pluralleavees

Origin of leavee

From leave + -ee.

Questions about leavee

What does leavee mean?
Leavee means the person in a relationship who is left by the other.
What part of speech is leavee?
Leavee is a noun.
What is the plural of leavee?
The plural of leavee is leavees.

Words near leavee in the dictionary

  1. leave-ins
  2. leave-one-out
  3. leave-taking
  4. leave-takings
  5. leaved
  6. leavee
  7. leavees
  8. leaveism
  9. leaveless
  10. leavelet
  11. leavelets

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