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(the wearing of) black clothes as a sign of grief

sadness, time of sadness

grief aching bereavement blackness crying darkness grieving keening lamentation lamenting languishing moaning pining repining sorrowing wailing weeping woe
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1) black clothes as (formerly) worn by a widow for mourning (weeds)

MOURNING as in Wiktionary
MOURNING as in Wikipedia