privation
noun
pri·va·tion prī-ˈvā-shən 
1
: an act or instance of depriving : deprivation
2
: the state of being deprived
especially : lack of what is needed for existence
Synonyms
- deprivation
- loss
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Example Sentences
The country has suffered through long periods of economic privation. the constant privation of sleep was starting to affect my work
Recent Examples on the Web But price controls substitute actual privation, and waiting in queues, for high monetary prices. 
WSJ, 10 June 2022 Why can’t our leaders imagine anything other than a future of privation and control? Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 May 2022 The double debt helped set off a cascade of privation, budgetary shortfalls and onerous foreign loans that shaped the country into the 20th century and beyond. New York Times, 20 May 2022 But like the Obama Administration, Team Biden fails to acknowledge that the cause of the island’s privation is the regime itself. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 May 2022 Much of the city lies in ruins; municipal authorities say bombardment, hunger and privation have killed more than 20,000 residents. Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022 An ominous political backdrop sharpens the privation. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 With sanctions in the process of severely damaging the Russian economy, China will have to allocate resources or see Russians driven into a state of privation. WSJ, 5 Apr. 2022 The privation, stress, and death that war inflicts cannot be blamed solely on outsiders. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022 See More
WSJ, 10 June 2022 Why can’t our leaders imagine anything other than a future of privation and control? Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 May 2022 The double debt helped set off a cascade of privation, budgetary shortfalls and onerous foreign loans that shaped the country into the 20th century and beyond. New York Times, 20 May 2022 But like the Obama Administration, Team Biden fails to acknowledge that the cause of the island’s privation is the regime itself. The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 May 2022 Much of the city lies in ruins; municipal authorities say bombardment, hunger and privation have killed more than 20,000 residents. Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2022 An ominous political backdrop sharpens the privation. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 With sanctions in the process of severely damaging the Russian economy, China will have to allocate resources or see Russians driven into a state of privation. WSJ, 5 Apr. 2022 The privation, stress, and death that war inflicts cannot be blamed solely on outsiders. Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 25 Feb. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English privacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin privation-, privatio, from privare to deprive
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
privation
noun
as in deprivation
the state of being robbed of something normally enjoyed the constant privation of sleep was starting to affect my work Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deprivation
- lack
- loss
- absence
- denial
- poverty
- sacrifice
- shortage
- need
- deficiency
- scarcity
- forfeiture
- dearth
- forfeit
- insufficiency
- want
- bereavement
- penalty
- dispossession
- inadequacy
- paucity
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- control
- ownership
- possession
- accumulation
- gain
- acquiring