Thesaurus: privation

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1. n. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
2. n. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
3. n. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
4. n. a state of extreme poverty
5. n. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
6. 1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon. 2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. 3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. South. Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton.
7. n:100 n. a state of extreme poverty n. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights