Privation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Privation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Privation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
privation n a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want, deprivation, neediness] act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" Synonym(s): privation, deprivation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Privation \Priva"tion\, n. [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See {Private}.] 1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. --Bacon. 2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. 3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. --South. Privation* mere of light and absent day. --Milton.