orbation

The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.

Noun

  1. The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement.
    • How much more easy had the want of a son been, than the miscarriage! barrenness, than orbation? - 1612–1626, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy...

Origin

Latin orbatio.