Synonyms:
mourning, bereavement
Meaning: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
Usage examples
His crape hat-band had put itself in brown mourning for its own bereavement of black.
She felt for him much, and an answer was returned, in which she expressed her sympathy at his bereavement.
Sadness, whether from bereavement, or disappointment, or misfortune of any kind, may linger on through life. In my case, however, the milder and more enduring feeling of sadness had no sufficient cause for existence.