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Webster 1913 Edition

Bereavement

Be-reave′ment

(bē̍-rēv′ment)

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Noun.

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

Webster 1828 Edition

Bereavement

BERE'AVEMENT

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Noun.

Deprivation, particularly by the loss of a friend by death.

Definition 2024

bereavement

bereavement

English

Noun

bereavement ‎(plural bereavements)

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

Translations

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

Bulgarian: тежка загуба f ‎(težka zaguba) (при смърт на близък човек)
Catalan: dol (ca) m
Chinese:

Chinese:

Mandarin: 喪親 (zh), 丧亲 (zh) ‎(sàngqīn)
Dutch: verlies (nl), beroving (nl), sterfgeval (nl)
French: privation (fr) f, deuil (fr) m
German: Trauerfall m
Greek: πένθος (el) n ‎(pénthos)

Icelandic: ástvinamissir m, einstæðingsskapur m
Italian: orbezza (it) f
Japanese: 死別 ‎(しべつ, shibetsu)
Latvian: zaudējums m
Portuguese: luto (pt) m
Russian: утра́та (ru) f ‎(utráta), тяжёлая утра́та f ‎(tjažólaja utráta), поте́ря (ru) f ‎(potérja)
Spanish: duelo (es) m, luto (es) m

See also

mourning