PRIVATION

privation, deprivation

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

privation, want, deprivation, neediness

(noun) a state of extreme poverty

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

privation (countable and uncountable, plural privations)

(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.

The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.

(obsolete) Degradation or suspension from an office.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pri*va"tion n. Etym: [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.

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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