deprivation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deprivation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deprivation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deprivation n a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want, deprivation, neediness] the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" Synonym(s): loss, deprivation 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]:
Deprivation \Dep`riva"tion\, n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. 2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. 3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. Note: Deprivation* may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.