| Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death. Thesaurus Entries abridgment, cost, curtailment, damage, dead loss, debit, denial, denudation, deprivation, deprivement, despoilment, destruction, detriment, disburdening, disburdenment, disentitlement, dispossession, divestment, expense, forfeit, forfeiture, injury, loser, losing, losing streak, loss, perdition, privation, relieving, robbery, ruin, sacrifice, spoliation, stripping, taking away, total loss |