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noun (n)

• a state of extreme poverty(noun.state)

  Synonym:
  deprivation, neediness, want
  

  source: wordnet30
• act of depriving someone of food or money or rights(noun.act)

  Example:
  Nutritional privation.
  Deprivation of civil rights.
  

  Synonym:
  deprivation
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.(noun)

  source: webster1913