Definition of deprivation

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Deprivation (n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity..

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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..
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..
Inebriation :: Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success..
Disablement :: Disablement (n.) Deprivation of ability; incapacity.
Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..
Maim :: Maim (v.) The privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem.
Blind :: Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight..
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.
Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent..
Deprivement :: Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.
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..
Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
Bereavement :: Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death..
Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.
Deaf-mute :: Deaf-mute (n.) A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it..
Taint :: Taint (n.) Infection; corruption; deprivation.
Exanimation :: Exanimation (n.) Deprivation of life or of spirits.
Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity..
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