Meaning of deprivation

Definition of deprivation

(noun) a state of extreme poverty
the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"

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