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☆ empty-nest syndrome (emp′tē nest′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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