Dictionary
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.
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