Associations to the word «Alimony»

Wiktionary

ALIMONY, noun. (legal) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
ALIMONY, noun. The means to support life.

Dictionary definition

ALIMONY, noun. Court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated.

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy