noun
- the state of being a widow
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- After her husband’s death, she entered a period of viduity that lasted many years.
- The legal documents addressed her rights during viduity.
- Victorian society had strict expectations for women in viduity.
- She found solace in charitable work during her viduity.
- The novel explored themes of loss and viduity in 19th-century England.