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  • 21grief — /grif / (say greef) noun 1. keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret. 2. a cause or occasion of keen distress or sorrow. –phrase 3. come to grief, to come to a bad end; turn out badly. 4. good grief …

  • 22grief — [13] ‘Oppressiveness’ is the link between modern English grief and Latin gravis (source of English gravity). The Latin adjective meant ‘heavy, weighty’, and it formed the basis of a verb gravāre ‘weigh upon, oppress’. This passed into Old French… …

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  • 23grief — A normal emotional response to an external loss; distinguished from a depressive disorder since it usually subsides after a reasonable time. * * * grief grēf n deep and poignant distress caused by or as if by bereavement also a cause of such… …

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  • 24grief — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. distress, bereavement, sorrow, dolor; affliction, disaster, trouble, tribulation. See pain, dejection, failure. Ant., happiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Mental distress] Syn. sorrow, sadness, regret,… …

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  • 25grief — n. 1. Sorrow, regret, affliction, distress, tribulation, woe, dole, sadness, bitterness, anguish, misery, agony, heartache, heartbreak, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken heart, pain of mind, mental suffering. 2. Trial, grievance, cause of… …

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  • 26To come to grief — Grief Grief (gr[=e]f), n. [OE. grief, gref, OF. grief, gref, F. grief, L. gravis heavy; akin to Gr. bary s, Skr. guru, Goth. ka[ u]rus. Cf. {Barometer}, {Grave}, a., {Grieve}, {Gooroo.}] 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental …

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  • 27Licenciement pour cause réelle et sérieuse — Cause réelle et sérieuse du licenciement en droit du travail français Droit du travail en France Sources du droit du travail Internationales : OIT · UE Étatiques : Constitution · Loi · Règlement · Jurisprudence Professionnelles :… …

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  • 28Licenciement sans cause réelle et sérieuse — Cause réelle et sérieuse du licenciement en droit du travail français Droit du travail en France Sources du droit du travail Internationales : OIT · UE Étatiques : Constitution · Loi · Règlement · Jurisprudence Professionnelles :… …

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  • 29Disenfranchised grief — is a term describing grief that is not acknowledged by society. Examples of events leading to disenfranchised grief are the loss of a pet, a trauma in the family a generation prior[1], the loss of a home or place of residence (particularly in the …

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  • 30To come to grief — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.… …

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