Found 2 items, similar to privation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: privation privation n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: want, deprivation] 2: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; “nutritional privation”; “deprivation of civil rights” [syn: deprivation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Privation Privation \Pri*va"tion\ (pr[-i]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. [1913 Webster] 3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. [1913 Webster] Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. --South. [1913 Webster] Privation mere of light and absent day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]