deprive
verb (used with object)
to remove or withhold something from the enjoyment or possession of (a person or persons).
deprival
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a word derived from
deprive.
Example Sentences
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"Starch is produced by mechanical methods from potatoes," "A military court sentenced a sergeant to deprival of civil rights."
From Time Magazine Archive
I asked myself, too, what compensation Divine pity could make its creature for the deprival of its greatest blessing, and, finding none, I began to doubt its power.
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
It was these, as boldly and defiantly expressed, which excited the fears and jealousy of Charles the Second, and instigated the deprival of the colonial charters.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
Consequently, when you make restitution and give him back what you took away, with compensation for the temporal deprival of it, he is satisfied, and the offence against him is repaired.
From Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby, S.J.
It is only by this means that a steady constant stream of air can be kept up, while the lungs will not be injured by the deprival of air.
