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Privation

//pɹɪˈveɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    act of depriving someone of food or money or rights wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. countable, uncountable

    "His [the Native American's] nature is stern, simple and enduring; fitted to grapple with difficulties, and to support privations."

  4. 4
    a state of extreme poverty wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Degradation or suspension from an office. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "Refinement and amusement, like knowledge, are so diffused now-a-days, that an exile from the royal circle would be a nominal punishment; but it then included every species of privation. The theatre—at that era such a resource—balls, fêtes, &c., to say nothing of worldly influence, were all forfeited by a banishment from court, the centre of all the pleasures, variety, and ambition of society."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English privacioun, from Middle French privation, privacion, from Old French privacion, from Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private.

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