Associations to the word «Lamentation»

Wiktionary

LAMENTATION, noun. The act of lamenting.
LAMENTATION, noun. A sorrowful cry; a lament.
LAMENTATION, noun. Specifically, mourning.
LAMENTATION, noun. Lamentatio, (part of) a liturgical Bible text (from the book of Job) and its musical settings, usually in the plural; hence, any dirge
LAMENTATION, noun. A group of swans.

Dictionary definition

LAMENTATION, noun. A cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be heard throughout the ward".
LAMENTATION, noun. The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras