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Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..

Deprivement :: Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.

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

Exsanguinity :: Exsanguinity (n.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.

Disfranchisement :: Disfranchisement (n.) The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities..

Hardship :: Hardship (n.) That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc..

Death :: Death (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory..

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

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..

Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary..

Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing..

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

Disadvantage :: Disadvantage (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury..

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

Inebriation :: Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success..

Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.

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

Penury :: Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.

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