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privation

[ prahy-vey-shuhn ]

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noun

lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life:
His life of privation began to affect his health.
Synonyms: distress, need, want, deprivation
an instance of this.
the act of depriving.
the state of being deprived.

privation

/ praɪˈveɪʃən /

loss or lack of the necessities of life, such as food and shelter
hardship resulting from this
the state of being deprived
obsolete.
logic the absence from an object of what ordinarily or naturally belongs to such objects

1350–1400; Middle English (from Middle French privacion ) from Latin prīvātiōn- (stem of prīvātiō ) “a taking away.” See private, -ion

C14: from Latin prīvātiō deprivation

Possible redemption comes in the form of Orlando (Jeremy Renner), a magician determined to save Ewa from a live of privation.

The distinctive horror of Joseph Heller's war is not body-crushing violence or stomach-squeezing privation.

We had escaped gloom and privation and would wake up in a place where food and warmth were available down the street.

She was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.

The poor fellow had so weakened his stomach by privation, that he died from eating a good meal given him by a kind friend.

One had lost all his little store of grain gathered from the gleaning, or bought by great privation for the winter's nourishment.

The memorial is of bronze, and tells a story of privation and suffering, but of glorious heroism, and victory even in death.

We reconciled ourselves as we might to this privation, and after dining proceeded onward.

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