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Loss :: Loss (v. t.) The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation..

Disadvantage :: Disadvantage (n.) Deprivation of advantage; unfavorable or prejudicial quality, condition, circumstance, or the like; that which hinders success, or causes loss or injury..

Deprivation :: Deprivation (n.) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

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..

Privation :: Privation (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation..

Exanimation :: Exanimation (n.) Deprivation of life or of spirits.

Spoliation :: Spoliation (v. t.) The act of plundering; robbery; deprivation; despoliation.

Amission :: Amission (n.) Deprivation; loss.

Exsanguinity :: Exsanguinity (n.) Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora.

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

Deprivement :: Deprivement (n.) Deprivation.

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

Narcosis :: Narcosis (n.) Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic..

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..

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

Inebriation :: Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success..

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

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

Orbation :: Orbation (n.) The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement..

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..

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