privation

[prahy-vey-shuhn]

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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.

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Origin of privation

1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French privacion) < Latin prīvātiōn- (stem of prīvātiō) a taking away. See private, -ion

SYNONYMS FOR privation

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

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Examples from the Web for privation

Possible redemption comes in the form of Orlando (Jeremy Renner), a magician determined to save Ewa from a live of privation.
Cannes Diary: James Gray’s ‘The Immigrant,’ Starring Marion Cotillard, Shines|Richard Porton|May 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We had escaped gloom and privation and would wake up in a place where food and warmth were available down the street.
A ‘Blue Velvet’ Christmas in Paris|Richard Woodward|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
I can be to you nothing but a blight or burden, nothing but a source of privation and anguish.
The Disowned, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
She was delicate and unaccustomed to privation and discomfort—and the cottage had its disadvantages.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

From these considerations it is manifest that spiritual cold is the privation of spiritual heat.
The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love|Emanuel Swedenborg
The term is also applied to the sensation and effects which this privation produces.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
He was sick of the bareness and privation of all things connected with his venture, but was steeling himself to hold out.
Sister Carrie|Theodore Dreiser

British Dictionary definitions for privation

privation

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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Word Origin and History for privation

privation

mid-14c., "action of depriving," from Old French privacion and directly from Latin privationem (nominative privatio) "a taking away," noun of action from past participle stem of privare "deprive" (see private (adj.)). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.