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Definition of privation - 2 dictionary results

pri⋅va⋅tion

  [prahy-vey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
2. an instance of this.
3. the act of depriving.
4. the state of being deprived.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< MF privacion) < L prīvātiōn- (s. of prīvātiō) a taking away. See private, -ion

Synonyms:
1. deprivation, want, need, distress. See hardship.
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pri·va·tion   (prī-vā'shən)   
n.  

    1. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life.

    2. The condition resulting from such lack.

  2. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss.


[Middle English privacion, from Old French privation, from Latin prīvātiō, prīvātiōn-, from prīvātus, past participle of prīvāre, to deprive; see private.]
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