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empty nest syndrome

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empty nest syndrome
the sad feelings which parents have when their children grow up and leave home The last of her children had recently moved out and she was suffering from empty nest syndrome.
See also: empty, nest


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But it's really nothing new--it's no different from the empty nest syndrome and the retirement phenomenon.
 
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