Privation Synonyms

prī-vā'shən

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Synonyms for Privation

want
The definition of a want is something desired or wished for.
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penury
Penury is defined as extreme poverty or lacking basic necessities.
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privative
(Gram.) Indicating negation, absence, or loss
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deprivation
Deprivation is defined as the state of having something withheld from the enjoyment or possession of someone.
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pennilessness
The state or quality of being penniless.
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destitution
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
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absence
The fact of being without; lack
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degradation
(Chemistry) Decomposition of a compound, especially complex substances such as polymers and proteins, by stages, exhibiting well-defined intermediate products.
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hardship
The definition of hardship is adversity, or something difficult or unpleasant that you must endure or overcome.
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loss
The damage, trouble, disadvantage, deprivation, etc. caused by losing something
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misery
Misery means an extremely unhappy feeling.
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need
Necessity; obligation:
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beggary
Beggarly appearance.
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impecuniosity
The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
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impecuniousness
The property of being impecunious.
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impoverishment
The state of being impoverished.
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indigence
The state of being poor; poverty.
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neediness
The state of being needy
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penuriousness
The quality of being penurious.
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deprival
The condition of being deprived
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dispossession
The act of dispossessing someone of something.
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divestiture
The sale or liquidation of a subsidiary company, especially if forced by some governing authority
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Words Related to Privation

poverty
The condition or quality of being poor; indigence; need
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rich
A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
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give
Capacity or inclination to yield under pressure.
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idleness
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ill-usage
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weariness
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Privation Sentence Examples

  • His last days were spent in a cave in the parish of Sorn, near his birthplace, and there he died in 1686, worn out by hardship and privation.

  • Notwithstanding this privation, he highly distinguished himself at the public school of Cahors, and in 1857 proceeded to Paris to study law.

  • Rejoining his regiment, then in the garrison at Auxonne, after a furlough of twenty-one months, the young officer went through a time of much privation, brightened only by the study of history and cognate subjects.

  • The long preparation and training, bought by privation and uncongenial toil, was over, and he was ready to apply himself to the scientific study of sacred letters.

  • But the sensuous and phenomenal, as such, so far as they seem to imply independence of God, are mere privation and nothingness; things exist only through the presence of God in them, and the goal of creation, like its outset, is the repose of the Godhead.

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