Privation

[praɪ'veɪʃ(ə)n] or [praɪ'veʃən]

Definition

(noun.) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; 'nutritional privation'; 'deprivation of civil rights'.

(noun.) a state of extreme poverty.

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Definition

(n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

(n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.

(n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Deprivation, loss, BEREAVEMENT.[2]. Poverty, destitution, want, need, penury, necessity, distress.[3]. Absence, negation.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Deprivation, destitution, absence, negation, loss, bereavement, hardship, want

ANT:Accession, supply, restoration, benefaction, restitution, presence,compensation, recovery, privilege

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Definition

n. state of being deprived of something esp. of what is necessary for comfort: destitution: (logic) absence of any quality: (obs.) degradation or suspension from an office.—adj. Priv′ative causing privation: consisting in the absence of something.—n. that which is privative or depends on the absence of something else: (logic) a term denoting the absence of a quality: (gram.) a prefix denoting absence or negation.—adv. Priv′atively.—n. Priv′ativeness.

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