grieving spouse
Bereaved husband or wife
A grieving spouse is a husband or wife mourning the death of their partner.
The phrase appears frequently in legal, financial, and therapeutic contexts: resources for the grieving spouse, the grieving spouse may inherit the estate.
It acknowledges a specific kind of loss—the death of the person closest to you.
- widowBereaved wife, unmarried since
- widowerMan whose wife died
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- lost lovePast romantic attachment
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- mournersmourner, mourners, grieving parent, widow, bereaved