Definition of "nonsupport" []

• Failure to provide for the maintenance of one's legal dependents. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Taking them to court for criminal nonsupport, which is a felony."
• "But Andersen clarified that "nonsupport" was one of the only grounds you could use to get a divorce back then."
• "I agree with your point that the phrase is not properly used as a kind of nonsupport for a checkable statement."