 deprivation |
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| 1. | [ noun ] the disadvantage that results from losing something | |
| Synonyms: | loss | |
| Examples: | "his loss of credibility led to his resignation" or "losing him is no great deprivation" |
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| Related terms: | disadvantage | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a state of extreme poverty | |
| Synonyms: | want privation | |
| Related terms: | poverty dispossess | |
| 3. | [ noun ] act of depriving someone of food or money or rights | |
| Synonyms: | privation | |
| Examples: | "nutritional privation" "deprivation of civil rights" |
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| Related terms: | social_control starvation pauperization dispossess | |
| Similar spelling: |
deprived_of deprived depravity |
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