Definitions for bereavements

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bereavements be·reave·ment

Spelling: [bih-reev-muh nt]

IPA: /bɪˈriv mənt/

Bereavements is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 848 anagrams from letters in bereavements (abeeeemnrstv).

Definitions for bereavements

noun

1. a period of mourning after a loss, especially after the death of a loved one:
2. a state of intense grief, as after the loss of a loved one; desolation.
3. deprivation or loss by force (usually fol. by of):

Origin of bereavements

First recorded in 1725-1735;bereave + -ment

Examples for bereavements

The stages of heartbreak are similar to the recognized stages of bereavement: shock, denial, grief, anger, finally acceptance.

bereavement is one of those things Western society is not very good at, particularly the British.

And you remember how pleasures mingle with pains in lamentation and bereavement?

Loving her as he did, he was glad, and realized not his bereavement.

Have you had bereavement or other catastrophic disruptions in your recent life?

He remembered, just in time, to express regret at Miss Simpson's bereavement.

You who knew her will realize the depth and extent of my bereavement.

Something to strive for we demand, even at the risk of bereavement.

In this group, when bereavement turns into depression, it requires immediate clinical attention and evaluation.

And death and bereavement are hardly the only troubles that this conflict brings to a Palestinian childhood.