war widow
Soldier's surviving spouse
A war widow is a woman whose husband was killed in military service.
The term carries connotations of sacrifice and loss tied to armed conflict, often evoking sympathy and respect: War widows received a small pension from the government.
The phrase sometimes extends to partners of soldiers killed in peacekeeping missions or other military operations.
State following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- anguishIntense mental suffering
loneliness · solitude · desolation · yearning · pining · grieving · lamentation · tears
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- veteran affairsServices for former military
- medalsAwards for achievement
- honorsRecognition for achievement
deployment · survivor benefits · military spouse · base housing · Arlington · telegram · MIA · KIA
Thing preserving remembrance
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- graveSerious and worrying
- funeralService honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
wake · obituary · gold star · folded flag · wreath · poppy · cenotaph · commemoration
Exceptional courage under duress
- valorCourage in danger
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- dutyRequired moral task
- serviceAid or maintenance
devotion · ultimate sacrifice · fallen soldier · gold star mother · honor · courage · bravery · selflessness
Power to exert force
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- single parentUnpartnered mother or father
- independenceFreedom from external control
perseverance · survival · recovery · adaptation · empowerment · reinvention · endurance · courage
bereavement
State following loss
anguish · loneliness · solitude · desolation · yearning · pining · grieving · lamentation · tears · void
pension
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
- veteran affairsServices for former military
- medalsAwards for achievement
honors · deployment · survivor benefits · military spouse · base housing · Arlington · telegram · MIA · KIA · repatriation
memorial
Thing preserving remembrance
eulogy · wake · obituary · gold star · folded flag · wreath · poppy · cenotaph · commemoration · anniversary
heroism
Exceptional courage under duress
- valorCourage in danger
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- dutyRequired moral task
service · devotion · ultimate sacrifice · fallen soldier · gold star mother · honor · courage · bravery · selflessness · nobility
strength
Power to exert force
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- rebuildingConstructing anew after destruction
- single parentUnpartnered mother or father
independence · perseverance · survival · recovery · adaptation · empowerment · reinvention · endurance · courage · community
- wartimerationing, evacuations, home front, air raids, mobilization
- mournersmourner, griever, mourners, grieving parent, grievers
- Military Familiesmilitary spouse, military wife, military husband, military child, military brat
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, Marshall Plan
- war traumashell shock, PTSD, combat fatigue, battle fatigue, combat stress
- military benefitsVA benefits, military pay, veteran benefits, base pay, health benefits
war widownewlywed
Recently married person
bride · military wife · war bride · wife · army wife
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