deprivation

Noun

Meaning

The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

need loss cost lack damage want poverty penalty removal corruption deficit necessity drought famine disadvantage
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Antonyms

clover galaxy pap commissariat use find
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Hypernyms

poverty disadvantage impoverishment poorness social control

Hyponyms

starvation starving impoverishment pauperization pauperisation

Phrases with the word

extreme deprivation deprivation of jobs oxygen deprivation deprivation of work deprivation of food hair deprivation

Examples

Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth. Philip Larkin

Deprivation is the mother of poetry. Leonard Cohen

I have no doubt that the elimination of poverty and deprivation is possible by 2020. C.K. Prahalad

There is only one real deprivation... and that is not to be able to give one's gifts to those one loves most. May Sarton

My parents were very poor, but we never felt any sense of need or want. It was a very close, loving, tightly-knit family growing up, and I never felt any sense of deprivation or anything like that. George J. Mitchell

There is nothing like deprivation to generate thanks for small mercies. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

deprisure deprivable deprival deprivation of basic needs deprivation of employment deprivation of food