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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Alimony \Al"i*mo*ny\, n. [L. alimonia alimonium nourishment,
sustenance, fr alere to nourish.]
1. Maintenance; means of living.
2. (Law) 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
--Wharton. Burrill
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
alimony
n : court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after
they are separated [syn: {maintenance}]
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