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’.
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