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empty-nest syndrome

(emp′tē nest′)

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a form of mental depression said to be caused in women by the loss felt when their children grow up and leave home

See empty-nest syndrome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A feeling of depression experienced by some parents after their children have grown and left home.

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