lamentation

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Synonyms: mentation, alimentation, lamentations, fomentation, cementation, lamellation, lamination, placentation, dementation, parentation, elementation

Antonyms: mentation, alimentation, lamentations, fomentation, cementation, lamellation, lamination, placentation, dementation, parentation, elementation

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Noun

1. The act of [[lamenting]].
2. A [[sorrowful]] [[cry]]; a [[lament]].
3. Specifically, [[mourning]].
4. [[lamentatio]], (part of) a [[liturgical]] Bible text (from the book of [[Job]]) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any [[dirge]]
5. A group of [[swans]].

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