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Bereavement vs Condolement - What's the difference?

bereavement | condolement |

As nouns the difference between bereavement and condolement

is that bereavement is the state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death while condolement is sorrow.

bereavement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death
  • * 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
    • I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement , and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost

    See also

    * mourning

    condolement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • sorrow
  • An expression of sorrow or sympathy because of a bereavement; condolence