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The state of having someone subtracted from your life by death, permanently.
means The grief and loss experienced when a loved one dies, and the period during which you mourn them.
from From Old English bereafian, to deprive or rob — grief framed not as sadness but as theft, something taken from you.
Root meaningLiterally to be robbed of something.
Sibling wordReave, an old verb for plunder.
Workplace termBereavement leave names time off to mourn.