leavee

English

Etymology

From leave +‎ -ee.

Noun

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.