1. (

• privation ,
• want ,
• deprivation ,
• neediness

) a state of extreme poverty ;

2. (

• loss ,
• deprivation

) the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation" ;

3. (

• privation ,
• deprivation

) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" ;