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Answer for the clue "Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned ", 11 letters:
forlornness

Word definitions for forlornness in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forlornness \For*lorn"ness\, n. State of being forlorn. --Boyle.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [syn: loneliness , desolation ]

Usage examples of forlornness.

I will ever forget your ungenerousness in the hour of my distress and forlornness, or receive that serpent to my heart again.