deprivation
[ dep-ruh-vey-shuhn ]
Origin of deprivation
1Other words from deprivation
- non·dep·ri·va·tion, noun
- pre·dep·ri·va·tion, noun
- self-dep·ri·va·tion, noun
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How to use deprivation in a sentence
Employ temperance in all things, avoiding overindulgence in celebration or self-deprivation.
They could reach their position only by pledging and keeping up unceasing and awful self-deprivation and self-mutilation.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
British Dictionary definitions for deprivation
deprivation
/ (ˌdɛprɪˈveɪʃən) /
noun
an act or instance of depriving
the state of being deprived: social deprivation; a cycle of deprivation and violence
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