breakee

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noun

One who is broken, or with whom a relationship is broken.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounbreakee (plural breakees)

plural breakees

  1. rareOne who is broken, or with whom a relationship is broken.

    Whether you are the breaker or the breakee, you can expect to suffer loss.

    2009, Les and Leslie Parrott, Relationships: An Open and Honest Guide to Making Bad Relationships Better, page 157
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    A breaker must inform the breakee of the dissolution of the MAD relationship directly and face-to-face, unless the grounds for the breakup is terminal noncompliance such as neglect or infidelity.

    2001, Jeff Wise, The Universal Dating Regulations and Bylaws, page 177

    The nonmarital breakee may indeed be relieved not to be caught up in the divorce industry or railroaded by a plot to make an enemy of someone whom he or she once loved.

    2013, Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach, The Dark Side of Close Relationships, page 298

Origin

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