Thesaurus: deprivation

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1. n. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. n. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
3. n. the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
4. n. a state of extreme poverty
5. n. the disadvantage that results from losing something
6. n. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
7. 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. Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.
8. the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or otherspiritual promotion or dignity.
9. n:100 n a state of extreme poverty n the disadvantage that results from losing something n act of depriving someone of food or money or rights