deprivation
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (3)
- a state of extreme povertySynonyms: privationwantneediness
- the disadvantage that results from losing something“his loss of credibility led to his resignation”“losing him is no great deprivation”Synonyms: loss
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights“nutritional privation”“deprivation of civil rights”Synonyms: privation
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Deprivation \Dep`ri*va"tion\, n. [LL. deprivatio.]
1.The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. [1913 Webster]
2.The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. [1913 Webster]
3.(Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. [1913 Webster]
Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order. [1913 Webster]