Definition of Deprivation

1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty.

Exact synonyms: Neediness, Privation, Want
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Needy, Want

2. Noun. The disadvantage that results from losing something. "Losing him is no great deprivation"
Exact synonyms: Loss
Generic synonyms: Disadvantage

3. Noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights. "Deprivation of civil rights"
Exact synonyms: Privation
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Impoverishment, Pauperisation, Pauperization, Starvation, Starving
Derivative terms: Deprive, Deprive, Deprive

Definition of Deprivation

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

Definition of Deprivation

1. Noun. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement. ¹

3. Noun. The taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. ¹

4. Noun. (context: followed by “of”) lack ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deprivation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deprivation

1. The loss or absence of parts, organs, powers or things that are needed. Origin: L. De = from, privare = to remove This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deprivation

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Literary usage of Deprivation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Liberty of the Press, Speech, and Public Worship: Being Commentaries on by James Paterson (1880)
"The highest punishment of the same kind is deprivation, which totally deprives the incumbent of all further connection with the benefice, being in effect a ..."

2. Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Simon Fraser (1797)
"... of deprivation. 3 In/I, and quotes zg E. 3. 16. 2 H. 4. 3. 9 E. 4. 34. ... of deprivation ipft jure, it is agreed that ..."

3. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Sleep Deprivation Another stress of combat is sleep deprivation. In rats sleep deprivation appears to cause an increase in locomotor behaviour, and increase ..."

4. History of the Church of England: From the Abolition of the Roman Jurisdiction by Richard Watson Dixon (1891)
"The disturbance of the married clergy throughout the kingdom, which accompanied or instantly began to follow the deprivation of the bishops, was a trouble ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"The Treatment of Dropsy by the Deprivation of Salt.—HADFIELD (The Practitioner, 1907, vi, 821) considers that there are three theories upon which this form ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... declared that the circuit courts shall have original cognizance "of all suits authorized by law to be brought by any person t« redress the deprivation ..."

7. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"This was the deprivation of all religious consolation during the period, often prolonged for years, of incarceration. It is difficult to understand this in ..."

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