Privation Synonyms

prī-vāshən
The condition of being deprived of what one once had or ought to have
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deprivation
  2. want
  3. destitution
  4. poverty
  5. penury
  6. loss
  7. deprival
  8. absence
  9. degradation
  10. dispossession
  11. hardship
  12. divestiture
  13. misery
  14. need
  15. squalor
  16. neediness
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. privative

Words Related to Privation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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.

  • On the return journey Dr. Wulff and Olsen succumbed to the privation of scanty food and bad weather, and the survivors had difficulty in reaching Etah.

  • For some years the history of the infant settlement was that of a large gaol; the attempts made to till the soil at Farm Cove near Sydney and near Parramatta were only partially successful, and upon several occasions the residents of the encampment suffered much privation.

  • The service was one of great exposure and privation; for two years and a half, Farragut wrote, he never owned a bed, but lay down to rest wherever he found the most comfortable berth.

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