different between bereavement vs demise

English

Etymology

bereave +? -ment

Noun

bereavement (countable and uncountable, plural bereavements)

1. 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

Translations

See also

• mourning

English

Etymology

From Latin demissa, feminine singular of perfect passive participle of d?mitt?, apparently via Middle French démise, the feminine singular past participle of démettre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??ma?z/

Noun

demise (plural demises)

1. (law) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
2. Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
3. Death.
4. The end of something, in a negative sense; downfall.

Related terms

• demission
• demit

Translations

Verb

demise (third-person singular simple present demises, present participle demising, simple past and past participle demised)

1. (transitive, obsolete, law) To give.
2. (transitive, law) To convey, as by will or lease.
3. (transitive, law) To transmit by inheritance.
4. (intransitive, law) To pass by inheritance.
5. (intransitive) To die.

Anagrams

• -semide, Medise, demies, medise

Czech

Etymology

From French démission, from Latin d?missi?, from d?mitt?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?m?s?]

Noun

demise f

1. resignation, abdication

   Synonyms: abdikace, rezignace

See also

• mise

Further reading

• demise in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• demise in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989