loss

Synonyms: 

deprivation, mislaying, misplacement, privation.

Related Words: 

accident, casualty, catastrophe, cost, damage, debt, defeat, deficiency, destruction, disaster, dispossession, failure, fall, harm, injury, misadventure, mishap, trouble, undoing, want. 

Antonyms: 

acquisition, gain. 

Origin:

before 900; Middle English; Old English los destruction; cognate with Old Norse los looseness, breaking up. See lose, loose. British dictionary: C14: noun probably formed from lost, past participle of losen to perish, from Old English lōsian to be destroyed, from los destruction. —Dictionary.com. // 

First Known Use: 13th century. History and Etymology: Middle English los, probably back-formation from lost, past participle of losen to lose. —Merriam-Webster.

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Updated: 23 August 2020 {9:07 PM}