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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
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
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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CHRONIC
(adjective) being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; “chronic indigestion”; “a chronic shortage of funds”; “a chronic invalid”
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