About The Word Bereavement

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Bereavement

Bereavement Meaning & Definition
Bereavement Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bereavement?

[n] state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bereavement: mourning

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bereavement: abridgment | cost | curtailment | damage | dead loss | debit | denial | denudation | deprivation | deprivement | despoilment | destruction | detriment | disburdening | disburdenment | disentitlement | dispossession | divestment | expense | forfeit | forfeiture | injury | loser | losing | losing streak | loss | perdition | privation | relieving | robbery | ruin | sacrifice | spoliation | stripping | taking away | total loss

See Also | sadness | sorrow | sorrowfulness

Bereavement In Webster's Dictionary

\Be*reave"ment\, n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.

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