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pri•va•tion



Pronunciation: (prī-vā'shun), [key]
—n.
1. lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
2. an instance of this.
3. the act of depriving.
4. the state of being deprived.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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