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jilt       (jĭlt)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   jilt·ed, jilt·ing, jilts
To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously.

n.   One who discards a lover.


[Possibly from obsolete jilt, harlot, alteration of gillot, diminutive of gille, woman, girl, from Middle English; see gill4.]

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jilted

adjective
rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" 

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