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Lamentation
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What's The Definition Of Lamentation?
[n] the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
[n] a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lamentation: lament | mourning | plaint | wail Related Terms | Find terms related to Lamentation: agony | anguish | bitterness | bleakness | care | carking care | cheerlessness | comfortlessness | crying | depression | discomfort | dismalness | distress | distressfulness | dreariness | grief | grieving | grievousness | heartfelt grief | heartgrief | joylessness | lamentability | lamenting | languishment | misery | moaning | mournfulness | mourning | pain | painfulness | pathos | pining | pitiability | pitiableness | pitifulness | poignancy | prostration | regrettableness | sadness | sharpness | sobbing | sorrow | sorrowfulness | sorrowing | wailing | weeping | woe | woebegoneness | woefulness See Also | activity | complaint | expression | manifestation | reflection | reflexion Lamentation In Webster's Dictionary \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L.
lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow;
wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and
weeping. --Matt. ii.
18.
2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to
the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature
of its contents.
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