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privation Definition


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privation
noun
    1. The condition of not having, or being deprived of, life's comforts or necessities; a lack of something particular.
      Thesaurus: poverty, need, want, destitution, suffering, distress, misery, lack, loss, penury, hardship, indigence, austerity, affliction, neediness; Antonym: affluence, wealth.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin privatio, privationis deprivation.



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