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Deprivement :: Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.

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

Death :: Death (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory..

Bereavement :: Bereavement (n.) The state of being bereaved; deprivation; esp., the loss of a relative by death..

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Shadow :: Shadow (n.) Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1..

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

Exauthoration :: Exauthoration (n.) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.

Wean :: Wean (a.) To accustom and reconcile, as a child or other young animal, to a want or deprivation of mother's milk; to take from the breast or udder; to cause to cease to depend on the mother nourishment..

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

Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

Compensation :: Compensation (n.) That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense..

Thirst :: Thirst (n.) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation..

Amotion :: Amotion (n.) Deprivation of possession.

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..

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