widows
Left behind, mourning
Widows is the plural of widow, a woman whose spouse has died and who hasn't remarried.
The term extends beyond marriage: golf widows are neglected while partners play, war widows lost husbands to combat.
In typesetting, a widow is an orphaned line of text stranded at the top of a page or column.
Intense sorrow from loss
- mourningPeriod following loss
- lossBeing without something
- survivorOne still alive after
- solitudeState of being alone
loneliness · sorrow · heartache · remembrance · funeral · eulogy · obituary · veil
Children whose parents died
- typesettingArranging text for print
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- paragraphDistinct section of text
- line breakText continuation below
formatting · justification · alignment · text flow · pagination · column · page break · desktop publishing
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- benefitsGains or helpful effects
settlement · will · trust · survivor benefits · life insurance · social security · jointure · annuity
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
solitude · loneliness · sorrow · heartache · remembrance · funeral · eulogy · obituary · veil · black
orphans
Children whose parents died
- typesettingArranging text for print
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
- paragraphDistinct section of text
line break · formatting · justification · alignment · text flow · pagination · column · page break · desktop publishing · InDesign
estate
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- probateWill validation proceedings
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
benefits · settlement · will · trust · survivor benefits · life insurance · social security · jointure · annuity · entitlement
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, daughters
- Biblical WomenEve, Mary, Ruth, Sarah, Rachel
- early churchapostles, early church, Church Fathers, apostolic fathers, Acts of the Apostles
- Medieval Womenabbess, noblewoman, lady, queen, duchess
- postwarrebuilding, demobilization, peace treaties, treaty signing, war reparations
- Vulnerable Groupshomeless youth, orphans, refugees, disabled people, elderly poor
- black widowLethal spider species
- widow's peakV-shaped frontal hairline
- war widowSpouse of fallen soldier
- widow makerDangling branch that kills
- widows' peaksV-shaped frontal hairlines
- young widowWife whose spouse died
widow, widowed, widow's weeds, widower, widowhood, widowing, widowers, widow's, widow's peak