Noun
The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBereavement is a darkness impenetrable to the imagination of the unbereaved. Iris Murdoch
When you experience bereavement at a youngish age, you suddenly realise that life is unjust and unfair, that bad things will happen, and you have to take that on board. William Boyd
It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new. Gregory Maguire
Bereavement is the deepest initiation into the mysteries of human life, an initiation more searching and profound than even happy love. William Ralph Inge
Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother. Jane Welsh Carlyle
Sudden wealth was the great insulator, second only to sudden bereavement. Joan Aiken