noun
- A cry of sorrow and grief.
- usage: "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward"
- synonyms: lament, lamentation, plaint, wail
- The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.
- synonyms: lamentation, mourning
- An Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah.
- synonyms: Book of Lamentations
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