abandonee
n. countablen. a person who has been left behind or deserted by someone else. You might see this word in legal papers or stories about people who were left without help.
n. a person who has been abandoned, particularly in a legal or formal context. Formed by the suffix '-ee' to denote the recipient of the action of the verb 'abandon'.
The young abandonee needed a new home and a family.
Legal protections for the abandonee ensure that the person left behind receives necessary financial support from the estate.
The social worker focused on the psychological recovery of the abandonee, noting that the trauma of desertion often requires long-term therapeutic intervention to rebuild a sense of security.
From abandon + -ee.
The noun is primarily used in legal or formal sociological contexts to describe the person who is the victim of abandonment.