privation
[ prahy-vey-shuhn ]
/ praɪˈveɪ ʃən /
noun
lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
an instance of this.
the act of depriving.
the state of being deprived.
SYNONYMS FOR privation
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Origin of privation
synonym study for privation
1. See hardship.
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British Dictionary definitions for privation
privation
/ (praɪˈveɪʃən) /
noun
loss or lack of the necessities of life, such as food and shelter
hardship resulting from this
the state of being deprived
logic obsolete the absence from an object of what ordinarily or naturally belongs to such objects
Word Origin for privation
C14: from Latin prīvātiō deprivation
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