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Lamentation

/ˌlæm.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/

The act of lamenting.

📖 Definitions of "Lamentation"

noun
  1. 1

    The act of lamenting.

  2. 2

    A sorrowful cry; a lament.

  3. 3

    Specifically, mourning.

  4. 4

    Lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge

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