deprivation
NounUS[dep-ruh-vey-shuhn]/ˌdɛprəˈveɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- a state of extreme povertySynonyms: privationwantneedinessType of poverty, poorness
- the disadvantage that results from losing something“his loss of credibility led to his resignation”“losing him is no great deprivation”Synonyms: lossType of disadvantage
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights“nutritional privation”“deprivation of civil rights”Synonyms: privationType of social controlKinds starvation, pauperization
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Dep′ri·va′tion noun
Origin: LL. deprivatio.
1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
3. Eccl. Law the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
☞ Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54