bereavement

English

Noun

bereavement (plural bereavements)

1. 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 (bg) (težka zaguba) f. (при смърт на близък човек) Chinese: Chinese: Mandarin: 喪親 (cmn), 丧亲 (cmn) (sàngqīn) Dutch: verlies (nl), beroving (nl), sterfgeval (nl) French: privation (fr) f., deuil (fr) m. German: Trauerfall (de) m.

Greek: πένθος (el) (pénthos) n. Icelandic: ástvinamissir (is) m., einstæðingsskapur (is) m. Japanese: 死別 (ja) (しべつ, shibetsu) Russian: утрата (ru) (utráta) f., тяжёлая утрата (ru) (tjažólaja utráta) f., потеря (ru) (potérja) f.

See also

• mourning