bereavements
Deaths causing grief
Bereavements is the plural of bereavement, meaning instances of losing someone close through death.
Each bereavement represents a distinct experience of grief and loss.
The word appears in formal contexts like obituaries, sympathy cards, and workplace policies: The company offers three days of leave for bereavements.
While grief describes the emotional response, bereavement emphasizes the state of having lost someone and the period of mourning that follows.
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
anguish · devastation · despair · sadness · pain · suffering · emptiness · loneliness
Expressions of grief support
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
- wakePath left in water
shiva · funeral · memorial · obituary · eulogy · gathering · community · family
Distinct periods or platforms
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
- acceptanceConsent to receive
healing · recovery · adjustment · coping · therapy · counseling · support groups · anniversary
Cessation of life
- passingMoving by or temporary
- deceaseEnd of life
- demiseCessation of existence
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
widower · orphan · survivor · next of kin · estate · probate · inheritance · notification
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
heartache · anguish · devastation · despair · sadness · pain · suffering · emptiness · loneliness · desolation
condolences
Expressions of grief support
- sympathyCompassionate understanding of others
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- visitationOfficial or formal visit
wake · shiva · funeral · memorial · obituary · eulogy · gathering · community · family · friends
stages
Distinct periods or platforms
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- bargainingNegotiating mutually acceptable terms
acceptance · healing · recovery · adjustment · coping · therapy · counseling · support groups · anniversary · triggers
death
Cessation of life
widow · widower · orphan · survivor · next of kin · estate · probate · inheritance · notification · leave
bereavementsbirths
Acts of being born
arrivals · adoptions · reunions · blessed events · childbirths
bereavementscelebrations
Organized expressions of joy
births · joys · festivities · rejoicings · weddings
bereavementsunions
Combinations or confederations
reunifications · marriages · joinings · reconciliations · connections
- bereavement leaveWork absence for mourning
- bereavement supportHelp for those mourning
- bereavement careAid for the grieving
- bereavement payWages during mourning leave
- bereavement counselorProfessional supporting the grieving
- bereavement servicesSupport following a death