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Privation

Privation Meaning & Definition
Privation Definition And Meaning

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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