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[ noun ] state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
Synonyms Used in print (John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)Resolved that his wrongs and bereavements in Kansas , occasioned by the violence and brutality of those who were intent_on the propagation of slavery in that territory , call_for a charitable judgment upon his recent efforts in Virginia to undermine the despotism from which he had suffered , and commend his family to the special sympathy and aid of all who pity suffering and reverence justice . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Twenty years ago , she would have been known as a golf_widow , and the sum of her manner was perhaps one of bereavement . |
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