Deprivation
[deprɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛprɪ'veʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
(n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
(n.) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
Inputed by Cyrus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Loss, privation, BEREAVEMENT, dispossession.
Edited by Josie
Examples
- It is my wish, Mr. Ladislaw, to make amends for the deprivation which befell your mother. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Those fears and expectations may consist in the fear of deprivation or other punishment, and in the expectation of further preferment. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was calculated to BE a deprivation, I'm sure he was. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And for this reason the loss of a son or brother, or the deprivation of fortune, is to him of all men least terrible. Plato. The Republic.
- And is not this involuntary deprivation caused either by theft, or force, or enchantment? Plato. The Republic.
- By determining that the deprivation to which he condemned you, and which he forced upon you, shall always rest upon his head. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It is the aim of progressive education to take part in correcting unfair privilege and unfair deprivation, not to perpetuate them. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- You must feel it as a deprivation to you, miss, replies Mr. Bucket soothingly, no doubt. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typed by Helga