"leavee" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leavees [plural]
Etymology: From leave + -ee. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|leave|ee}} leave + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} leavee (plural leavees)
  1. The person in a relationship who is left by the other.

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2009, Lisa Rene Reynolds, Still a Family: A Guide to Good Parenting Through Divorce, page 125",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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    }
  ],
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