- loss - the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"
--1 is a kind of failure
--1 has particulars: capitulation, fall, surrender- loss - something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
--2 is a kind of transferred property, transferred possession
--2 has particulars:forfeit, forfeiture; financial loss; sacrifice; wastage - loss, red ink, red - the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
--3 is a kind of sum, sum of money, amount, amount of money
Antonyms: gain
--3 has particulars: paper loss; squeeze- loss - gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"
--4 is a kind of decline, diminution
--4 has particulars: epilation; reducing- loss, deprivation - the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
--5 is a kind of disadvantage
- personnel casualty, loss - military personnel lost by death or capture
--6 is a kind of casualty
--6 has particulars: wound, injury, combat injury; sacrifice- loss - the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"
--7 is a kind of experience
- passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
--8 is a kind of death, decease
- loss - something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"