leavee

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

leave +‎ -ee

Noun[edit]

leavee (plural leavees)

  1. The person in a relationship who is left by the other.
    • 2009, Lisa Rene Reynolds, Still a Family: A Guide to Good Parenting Through Divorce, page 125:
      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.