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

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

n. The act of bereaving.

n. The state of being bereaved; grievous loss; particularly, the loss of a relative or friend by death.

n. state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

""He Who Shapes", drawing as it does on Zelazny's own experience of car accidents and bereavement, is a good ending point for this first selection."

sorrow    sadness    sorrowfulness   

mourning   

deprivation   

achievement   

privation    affliction    tribulation    humiliation    wretchedness    deprivation    hopelessness    betrayal    disappointment    loneliness