DEPRIVATION

privation, deprivation

(noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; “nutritional privation”; “deprivation of civil rights”

loss, deprivation

(noun) the disadvantage that results from losing something; “his loss of credibility led to his resignation”; “losing him is no great deprivation”

privation, want, deprivation, neediness

(noun) a state of extreme poverty

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

deprivation (countable and uncountable, plural deprivations)

(countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

(uncountable) The state of being deprived

Synonyms: privation, loss, want, bereavement

(countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

(followed by “of”) lack

Usage notes

• Distinguish from depravation.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dep`ri*va"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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