DEPRIVATION

deprivation

Noun

  1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
  2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
  3. The taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
  4. lack
    He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.


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