privation
- Noun. (philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
- Noun. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
- Noun. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
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