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Definition of Privation

1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty.

2. Noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. "Deprivation of civil rights"

Definition of Privation

1. n. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

Definition of Privation

1. Noun. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life. ¹

3. Noun. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Privation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Privation

private security force private treaty privateer privateered privateering privateers privateersman privately privately held privately held corporation

privateness privatenesses privater privatest privation (current term) privations privatisation privatisations privatise privatised

privatiser privatisers privatises privatising privatism privatisms privatissimum privatissimums privatist

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