pri·va·tion 
(prī-vāshən)
(prī-vāshən)n.
1.
a. Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life: living in times of privation.
b. An act, condition, or result of deprivation or loss: endured the privations of war.
2. The condition of being without a specified quality or attribute: the privation of liberty.
[Middle English privacion, from Old French privation, from Latin prīvātiō, prīvātiōn-, from prīvātus, past participle of prīvāre, to deprive; see PRIVATE.]
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