alimony

Noun

Meaning

Maintenance; means of living.

An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

maintenance support food living money keep salt alimentation board care aid assistance contribution relief retirement

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Antonyms

levy loss conflict opposition penalty punishment

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Hypernyms

support payment

Related terms

alimentary aliment

Phrases with the word

alimony payer alimony dodger

Anagrams

Molniya Naomily

Examples

Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse. Groucho Marx

Even hooligans marry, though they know that marriage is for a little while. It is alimony that is for ever. Quentin Crisp

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil. H. L. Mencken

Alimony is the curse of the writing class. Norman Mailer

In some instances, alimony has become akin to a social-welfare program provided by working women to their ex-husbands. Diane Garnick

Also, I am driven by a wonderful muse called alimony. Dick Schaap

Close letter words and terms

alimentiveness alimentous alimonious alimony dodger alimony drone alimony payer