widowing

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A form of widow — A woman whose spouse (traditionally husband) has died (and who has not remarried); a woman in relation to her late spouse; feminine of widower.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of widow
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