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Meaning of 'deprivation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Deprivation [ n.]
- The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
- The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
- the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

Meaning of 'deprivation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . deprivation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
Example in sentence:
  • deprivation of civil rights;
  • nutritional privation
Meaning (2):
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
Example in sentence:
  • his loss of credibility led to his resignation;
  • losing him is no great deprivation

Nearby Words:

depaint depainted depainter depainting depardieux depart departable departed departer departing

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