Deprivation - Definition
deprivation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his
loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is
no great deprivation" [syn: loss, deprivation]
3: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" [syn:
privation, deprivation]