bereavement

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/bɪˈriːvmənt/

Definition of bereavement

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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”

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Etymology

From bereave + -ment.

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