widowhood
Noun
Meaning
The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.
Estate settled on a widow.
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You evidently feel that brevity is the soul of widowhood.
When my mother died, my father's early widowhood gave him social cachet he would not have had if they had divorced. He was a bigger catch for the sorrow attached.
The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wife's spirits.
Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy.
The morning came, there stood the foe; Stark eyed them as they stood; Few words he spoke-'twas not a time For moralizing mood: "See there the enemy, my boys! Now, strong in valor's might, Beat them or Betty Stark will sleep In widowhood to-night."
Factors such as biological and psychological factors, diseases, mental conditions, boredom with the relationship, and widowhood have been found to contribute with the common decrease in sexual interest and activity in old age.