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bereavement

noun
/bɪˈriːvmənt/UK

Etymology

From bereave + -ment.

  1. derived from berēofan — “to bereave, deprive, rob of”
  2. inherited from *biraubōną✻
  3. inherited from berēafian — “to bereave, deprive of, take away, seize, rob, despoil”
  4. inherited from bireven
  5. suffixed as bereavement — “bereave + ment”

Definitions

  1. The state of being bereaved

    The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.

    • 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA