deprivation (n.)

  1. a state of extreme poverty

    [ Syn: privation , want , neediness ]

  2. the disadvantage that results from losing something; his loss of credibility led to his resignation; losing him is no great deprivation

    [ Syn: loss ]

  3. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; nutritional privation; deprivation of civil rights

    [ Syn: privation ]

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