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   Dep·ri·va·tion

   /ˌdeprəˈvāSH(ə)n/

   

   noun

   • 1. the damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society: "low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation" Similar povertyimpoverishmentpenuryprivationhardshipdestitutionneedneedinesswantdistressfinancial distressindigencepauperdombeggaryruinreduced circumstancesstraitened circumstanceshand-to-mouth existencerare:pauperismpauperizationimpecuniousnessimpecuniosityOpposite wealth
   • ▪ the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity: "sleep deprivation" Similar dispossessionwithholdingwithdrawalremovaltaking awaystrippingdivestmentdivestiturewresting awayexpropriationseizureconfiscationrobbingappropriationdenialforfeiturelossabsencelackunavailabilitydeficiencydearthOpposite possession
   • ▪ the action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office.

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘removal from office’): from medieval Latin deprivatio(n-), from the verb deprivare (see deprive).

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