privations

 [prahy-vey-shuhn]  

pri·va·tion

   [prahy-vey-shuhn]
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; Middle English (< Middle French privacion) < Latin prīvātiōn- (stem of prīvātiō) a taking away. See private, -ion

Synonyms
1. deprivation, want, need, distress. See hardship.

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