Definition of privation

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

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Mutilation :: Mutilation (n.) The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part..
Hardship :: Hardship (n.) That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc..
Disworship :: Disworship (n.) A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit.
Amission :: Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.
Privation :: Privation (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
Blind :: Blind (a.) Destitute of the sense of seeing, either by natural defect or by deprivation; without sight..
Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.
Privative :: Privative (a.) Causing privation; depriving.
Death :: Death (v. i.) Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory..
Disadvantage :: Disadvantage (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury..
Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..
Un- :: Un- () An inseparable verbal prefix or particle. It is prefixed: (a) To verbs to express the contrary, and not the simple negative, of the action of the verb to which it is prefixed; as in uncoil, undo, unfold. (b) To nouns to form verbs expressing privation of the thing, quality, or state expressed by the noun, or separation from it; as in unchild, unsex. Sometimes particles and participial adjectives formed with this prefix coincide in form with compounds of the negative prefix un- (see 2d Un-
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..
Disanimation :: Disanimation (n.) Privation of life.
Narcosis :: Narcosis (n.) Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic..
Mortification :: Mortification (n.) Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation.
Deprivement :: Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.
Exauthoration :: Exauthoration (n.) Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration.
Famish :: Famish (v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
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