About The Word Privation
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Privation
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What's The Definition Of Privation?
[n] act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
[n] a state of extreme poverty Synonyms | Synonyms for Privation: deprivation | deprivation | want Related Terms | Find terms related to Privation: See Also | impoverishment | impoverishment | pauperisation | pauperization | poorness | poverty | social control | starvation | starving Privation In Webster's Dictionary \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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