privation

Noun
Synonyms: wantdeprivationneediness

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a state of extreme povertySynonyms: wantdeprivationneediness
  2. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights“nutritional privation”“deprivation of civil rights”Synonyms: deprivation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Privation \Pri*va"tion\ (pr[-i]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See Private.]

1.The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2.The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. [1913 Webster]

3.The condition of being absent; absence; negation. [1913 Webster]

Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good.— South.[1913 Webster]
Privation mere of light and absent day.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
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