grief
–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.
–Idioms
3. come to grief, to suffer disappointment, misfortune, or other trouble;
fail: Their marriage came to grief after only two years.
4. good grief, (used as an exclamation of dismay, surprise, or relief):
Good grief, it's started to rain again!
Deep mental
anguish, as that arising from bereavement. See Synonyms at regret. A
source of deep mental anguish. Annoyance or frustration: Trying to follow
their directions was nothing but grief. Trouble or difficulty: the griefs
of trying to meet a deadline.
–Archaic
A grievance.
recovery
–noun
1. an act of recovering.
2. the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken
away.
3. restoration or return to health from sickness.
4. restoration or return to any former and better state or condition.
5. time required for recovering.
6. something that is gained in recovering.
7. an improvement in the economy marking the end of a recession or decline.
8. the regaining of substances in usable form, as from refuse material
or waste products.
9. Law. the obtaining of right to something by verdict or judgment of
a court of law.Related Words for : recovery
convalescence, recuperation, retrieval
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