Privation

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.
  • noun. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss.
  • noun. The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being deprived; particularly, deprivation or absence of what is necessary for comfort; destitution; want.
  • noun. The act of removing something possessed; the removal or destruction of any thing or any property; deprivation.
  • noun. In logic, a particular kind of negation consisting in the absence from a subject of a habit which ought to be, might be, or generally is in that subject or others like it.
  • noun. The act of degrading from rank or office.
  • noun. Technically, in the Roman Catholic Church, the suspension of an ecclesiastic from his office, stipend, ecclesiastical functions, or jurisdiction.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
  • noun. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need.
  • noun. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
  • noun. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
  • noun. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
  • noun. a state of extreme poverty
  • Word Usage
    "After three-quarters of a century of unparalleled sufferings, the Soviet Union collapsed in privation and misery, leaving massive Russia with an economy no bigger than tiny Holland's."
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