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1. (n.) privation
lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life.
2. privation
an instance of this.
3. privation
the act of depriving.
4. privation
the state of being deprived.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME (< MF) < ML prīvātiō deprivation (of office), L: removal (of a condition). See private , -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) privation, want, deprivation, neediness
a state of extreme poverty
2. (noun) privation, deprivation
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) privation
the act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation
2. (noun) privation
the state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations
3. (noun) privation
the condition of being absent; absence; negation
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Sense: poverty; hardship.
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 Afrikaans: armoede |
 Arabic: فَقْر، فاقَه، عَوَز |
 Bulgarian: лишение |
 Brazilian: privação |
 Czech: nedostatek, nouze |
 German: die Entbehrung |
 Danish: fattigdom |
 Greek: στέρηση, κακουχία |
 Spanish: privación |
 Estonian: puudus, häda |
 Farsi: محرومیت؛ نیازمندی |
 Finnish: puute |
 French: privation |
 Hebrew: מַחסוֹר |
 Hindi: अभाव |
 Hungarian: nyomor |
 Indonesian: kemiskinan |
 Icelandic: skortur |
 Italian: privazione |
 Japanese: 欠乏 |
 Korean: 궁핍 |
 Lithuanian: nepriteklius, skurdas |
 Latvian: trūkums; grūtības |
 Malay: kekurangan keperluan hidu |
 Dutch: ontbering |
 Norwegian: fattigdom, mangel på midl |
 Polish: niedostatek |
 Persian: محرومیت؛ نیازمندی |
 Pashto: محروميت،اړتيا |
 Portuguese: privação |
 Romanian: lipsă; sărăcie |
 Russian: лишение; нужда |
 Slovak: nedostatok |
 Slovenian: pomanjkanje |
 Serbian: nemaština |
 Swedish: umbärande[n], försakelse |
 Thai: ความขาดแคลน |
 Turkish: ihtiyaç, sıkıntı |
 Taiwanese: 貧困，艱難 |
 Ukrainian: нестаток, злидн |
 Urdu: غربت، پريشاني |
 Vietnamese: tình trạng thiếu thốn |
 Chinese: 贫困，艰难 |
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