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privation

pri·va·tion

UK/pɹɪˈveɪʃən/ US/pɹaɪˈveɪʃən/ uncommon obsolete

noun

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2.

act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

  • “nutritional privation”
  • “deprivation of civil rights”
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Inherited from Middle English privacioun, from Middle French privation, privacion, from Old French privacion, from Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private.

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