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bereavement

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bereave/bɪˈriːv/

▶verb (be bereaved) be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

– derivatives
bereavement noun.

– origin OE berēafian (see be-, reave).

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