widowhood
After spouse dies
Widowhood is the state of having lost a spouse to death.
The term applies to both sexes but is used far more often for women, since widowers are less common and the word itself echoes widow.
She spent her widowhood traveling and reconnecting with old friends.
Being without something
- bereavementState following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
alone · survivor · remarriage · second marriage · moving on · healing
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- survivor benefitsPayments to deceased's dependents
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- estateProperty and grounds
- life insuranceContract paying upon death
dower · jointure · settlement · annuity · social security · death benefit · trust · will
Complete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
- communityCollective of connected people
sympathy · condolence · visiting · companionship · matchmaking · independence · self-reliance
loss
Being without something
- bereavementState following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
adjustment · alone · survivor · remarriage · second marriage · moving on · healing
pension
Retiree's ongoing benefit
- survivor benefitsPayments to deceased's dependents
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- estateProperty and grounds
life insurance · dower · jointure · settlement · annuity · social security · death benefit · trust · will · probate
isolation
Complete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- support groupGathering for mutual encouragement
community · sympathy · condolence · visiting · companionship · matchmaking · independence · self-reliance
- Islamic familyumm, ab, bint, household, birr
- family lifebirth, kinship, childbirth, pregnancy, new baby
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- life changesmarriage, death, divorce, birth, graduation
- life circumstanceschildhood, adulthood, adolescence, old age, parenthood
widowhoodmarriage
Formal union between partners
matrimony · wedlock · married life · bachelorhood · singlehood
widowhoodhoneymoon period
Initial uncritical enthusiasm stage
early marriage · marital union · companionship · togetherness · remarriage
widowhoodmarital bliss
Happiness within wedlock
partnership · companionship · togetherness · honeymoon phase
widow, widowed, widower, widows, widowing, widowers, widow's peak