Orphanhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being an orphan; the losing of both parents through their death.
  2. 2
    the condition of being a child without living parents wordnet

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child without parentsdemographic indicatorfatherlessorphan populationorphan statusorphanage

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"The fate of these sentences is to remain in orphanhood, because those who want to adopt them can't, and those who can adopt them don't want to."

Etymology

From orphan + -hood. PIE word *h₃órbʰos

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