privation — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bereavement noun The experience of losing a close family member or friend to death, and the grief that follows.
- deprivation noun The state of lacking something necessary, such as food, sleep, or basic comfort.
- privation noun The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
Senses
privation is used for these senses in English:
- bereavement The state of being bereaved; deprivation; especially the loss of a relative by death.
- deprivation (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
- privation (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.