Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lamentation \Lam`en*ta"tion\, n. [F. lamentation, L.
lamentatio.]
1. The act of bewailing; audible expression of sorrow;
wailing; moaning.
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation and
weeping. --Matt. ii.
18.
2. pl. (Script.) A book of the Old Testament attributed to
the prophet Jeremiah, and taking its name from the nature
of its contents.
Source : WordNet®
lamentation
n 1: a cry of sorrow and grief; "their pitiful laments could be
heard throughout the ward" [syn: {lament}, {plaint}, {wail}]
2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing
grief [syn: {mourning}]