mourning

mourning /mourn·ing/ (mor´ning)

1. the normal psychological processes that follow the loss of a loved one; grief is the accompanying emotional state.

2. social expressions of grief, such as funeral and burial services, prayers, or other rituals.

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Mourning

The public expression of bereavement; it may include funerals and other rituals, special clothing, and symbolic gestures.

Mentioned in: Bereavement

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mourning

[mōr′ning]

Etymology: AS, murnan, to mourn

a response to the loss of a loved object. It is through mourning that grief is resolved. See also bereavement, grief.

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mourning

Grief Psychiatry Reaction to a loss of a loved object–significant or important person, object, role, status, or anything considered part of one's life, which is a process of emotional detachment from that object, freeing the subject to find other interests