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pri‧va‧tion [prahy-vey-shuh
n] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
| 1. | lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health. |
| 2. | an instance of this. |
| 3. | the act of depriving. |
| 4. | the state of being deprived. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< MF privacion) < L prīvātiōn- (s. of prīvātiō) a taking away. See private, -ion]
—Synonyms 1. deprivation, want, need, distress. See hardship.
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pri·va·tion (pr -v  sh n) Pronunciation Key  ![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium.gif){kind=small} n.
[Middle English privacion, from Old French privation, from Latin pr |
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Dictionary.com Word of the Day Archive – Cite This Source privation
privation was Word of the Day on September 13, 2001.
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6 results for: deprivation
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dep‧ri‧va‧tion [dep-ruh-vey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key – Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
| 1. | the act of depriving. |
| 2. | the fact of being deprived. |
| 3. | dispossession; loss. |
| 4. | removal from ecclesiastical office. |
| 5. | privation. |
[Origin: 1525–35; < ML dēprīvātiōn- (s. of dēprīvātiō), equiv. to dēprīvāt(us) deprived (ptp. of dēprīvāre; see deprive, -ate1) + -iōn- -ion]
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dep·ri·va·tion (d p r-vshn) Pronunciation Key n.
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American Heritage Stedman’s Medical Dictionary – Cite This Source dep·ri·va·tion (dpr-vshn)
n.
- The absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.
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Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary – Cite This Source Main Entry: de·pri·va·tion
Pronunciation: "dep-r&-'vA-sh&n, "dE-"prI-
Function: noun
: the act or process of removing or the condition resulting from removal of something normally present and usually essential for mental or physical well-being <the consequences of emotional deprivation in childhood —L. I. Gardner> <scurvy is caused by vitamin C deprivation> <sensory deprivation>
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WordNet – Cite This Source deprivation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want] 2: the disadvantage that results from losing something; “his loss of credibility led to his resignation”; “losing him is no great deprivation” [syn: loss] 3: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; “nutritional privation”; “deprivation of civil rights” [syn: privation]
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On-line Medical Dictionary – Cite This Source deprivation
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