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Privation
Pri*va"tion\, n. [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.
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Language Translation for : privation
Spanish:
privación,
German:
die Entbehrung,
Japanese:
欠乏
privation
1340, "action of depriving," from O.Fr. privacion, from L. privationem (nom. privatio) "a taking away," from privatus, pp. of privare "deprive" (see private). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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