privation
noun /praɪˈveɪʃn/
  /praɪˈveɪʃn/
[countable, usually plural, uncountable] (formal)- a lack of the basic things that people need for living synonym hardship- the privations of poverty
- They endured years of suffering and privation.
 Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin privatio(n-), from privat- ‘deprived’, from the verb privare ‘bereave, deprive’, from privus ‘single, individual’.