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Mortling :: Mortling (n.) An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling..

Divestiture :: Divestiture (n.) The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc..

Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity..

Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing..

Privative :: Privative (a.) Causing privation; depriving.

Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Maim :: Maim (v.) The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary..

Blind :: Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight..

Penury :: Penury (n.) Absence of resources; want; privation; indigence; extreme poverty; destitution.

Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.

Defraudment :: Defraudment (n.) Privation by fraud; defrauding.

Privative :: Privative (a.) Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less..

Famish :: Famish (v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary..

Degradement :: Degradement (n.) Deprivation of rank or office; degradation.

Mutilation :: Mutilation (n.) The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part..

Disability :: Disability (n.) State of being disabled; deprivation or want of ability; absence of competent physical, intellectual, or moral power, means, fitness, and the like..

Abridgment :: Abridgment (n.) The act of abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses..

Avoidance :: Avoidance (n.) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent..

Disincorporation :: Disincorporation (n.) Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation.

Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.

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