privation[noun]Synonyms: absence, dearth, default, defect, lack, miss, want, deprivation, deprivement, dispossession, divestiture, loss, poverty, destitution, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, penury, poorness
Related Words: distress,
misery,
suffering,
losing,
mislaying,
misplacement,
misplacing [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
pri‧va‧tion /praɪˈveɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin privatio, from privare; ⇒ deprive]
formal a lack or loss of the things that everyone needs, such as food, warmth, and shelter:
the privations of wartime [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲