'Bereavement' definitions:
Definition of 'bereavement'
(from WordNet)
noun
State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one [syn: mourning, bereavement]
Definition of 'Bereavement'
From: GCIDE
- Bereavement \Be*reave"ment\ (b[-e]*r[=e]v"ment), n. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bereavement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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