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means The state of grief and loss following the death of someone close, especially as a recognized period or condition — the word hospitals, airlines, and HR departments reach for when 'devastated' feels too human.

from From 'bereave,' an old English verb built from 'be-' (an intensifying prefix) plus 'reave,' meaning to rob or plunder — a word that survives otherwise only in 'reaver' and 'ruffian' territory. So to be bereaved is, at root, to be robbed — death cast as a thief making off with a person who was yours.