failure to keep, maintain or use something
misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
Cases of word usage
1) (a part or total) loss of memory (amnesia)
2) an accident, especially one involving loss of life or seriously injury (casualty)
3) to keep (something) from change, loss or destruction (conserve)
4) harm or break that causes loss of value (damage)
5) the possibility of suffering injury or loss of life (danger)
6) a period of gradual and continued loss of importance, strength (decline)
7) having or showing loss of hope (despondent)
8) (a) large or sudden misfortune (e.g. a flood or fire, an earthquake, a serious defeat in war, the loss of a large sum of money) (disaster)
9) very unhappy and without hope because of the loss of a person or thing (disconsolate)
10) the loss of credit or good reputation (discredit)
