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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..

Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.

Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..

Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

Amission :: Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.

Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

Disablement :: Disablement (n.) Deprivation of ability; incapacity.

Mortling :: Mortling (n.) An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling..

Wean :: Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment..

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..

Maim :: Maim (v.) The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.

Narcosis :: Narcosis (n.) Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic..

Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..

Blind :: Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight..

Out :: Out (a.) Beyond possession, control, or occupation; hence, in, or into, a state of want, loss, or deprivation; -- used of office, business, property, knowledge, etc.; as, the Democrats went out and the Whigs came in; he put his money out at interest..

Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..

Exauthoration :: Exauthoration (n.) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.

Apnoea :: Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.

Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.

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