Privation Definition & Meaning
privation
- noun
- a state of extreme poverty
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Words that rhyme with privation
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- What does privation mean?
- a state of extreme poverty act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
- What part of speech is privation?
- Privation is a noun.
- How many definitions does privation have?
- Privation has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).