Associations to the word «Bereavement»

Wiktionary

BEREAVEMENT, noun. The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death

Dictionary definition

BEREAVEMENT, noun. State of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King