bereavement
a period of mourning after a loss, especially after the death of a loved one: The widow had many visitors during her bereavement.
a state of intense grief, as after the loss of a loved one; desolation: Not all therapists are equipped to treat clients suffering with such debilitating bereavement.
deprivation or loss by force (usually followed by of): The bereavement of our community began with the closing of the mill.
Origin of bereavement
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How to use bereavement in a sentence
When most people think about grief, “they go immediately to bereavement loss,” said Litsa Williams, a licensed clinical social worker and co-founder of the online support community What’s Your Grief.
Politics and conspiracy theories are fracturing relationships. Here’s how to grieve those broken bonds. | Jeff Schrum | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post“We’ve seen a rise in creative bereavements,” Pitsillides says.
The way we express grief for strangers is changing | Tanya Basu | December 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIf you’re lucky enough to have guaranteed bereavement time, it’s likely still restricted to immediate relatives.
5 better ways to help your employees mourn at the office | Maria Aspan | September 27, 2020 | FortuneEvery single grief expert Fortune spoke to criticized the country’s lack of federally guaranteed bereavement time—and the few days generally provided by the employers who do offer it.
5 better ways to help your employees mourn at the office | Maria Aspan | September 27, 2020 | FortuneOnly Oregon has passed a law guaranteeing bereavement leave to workers employed in the state, although a similar bill has been under consideration in California.
5 better ways to help your employees mourn at the office | Maria Aspan | September 27, 2020 | Fortune
The stages of heartbreak are similar to the recognized stages of bereavement: shock, denial, grief, anger, finally acceptance.
Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses | Emma Woolf | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTbereavement is one of those things Western society is not very good at, particularly the British.
Psychologists View Both Divorce and Marriage as Major Life Stresses | Emma Woolf | May 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHave you had bereavement or other catastrophic disruptions in your recent life?
Justin Cartwright’s Novel ‘Lion Heart’ May Win Him the Audience He Deserves | Robert Birnbaum | March 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd death and bereavement are hardly the only troubles that this conflict brings to a Palestinian childhood.
In this group, when bereavement turns into depression, it requires immediate clinical attention and evaluation.
Bereavement Doesn’t Equal Depression, and It’s No Disease for the DSM | T. Byram Karasu | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTLoss, where she was concerned, involved a permanent and irremediable bereavement—no substitute was conceivable.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodIn moments of utter bereavement who has not felt, to the heart's core, the tender attachment of a faithful dog?
The World Before Them | Susanna MoodieFor the moment the child was hers, she suffered pangs of maternal bereavement that seemed to tear her breast and twist her heart.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI hand on your own advice to you in case you have forgotten it, as I know one is apt to do in seasons of bereavement.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonOne outward sign only remained of his late bereavement—his mourning dress.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for bereavement
/ (bɪˈriːvmənt) /
the condition of having been deprived of something or someone valued, esp through death
a death
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