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privation - Dictionary definition and meaning for privation

PRIVATION

(noun) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
"nutritional privation", "deprivation of civil rights"
synonyms : deprivation
The prisoners faced privation from their captors, and many of them starved to death. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) a state of extreme poverty
synonyms : deprivation , neediness , want
Privation had caused the man’s bones to stick out prominently in his frail body. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for privation

(Tag: English) Take it as PRIVACY.. what do YOU need for privacy, a room, house, but if you dont even have that then? its a life of hardship i.e., a lack of the basic things that people need for living
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(Tag: ) deprivation
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(Tag: ) In Private companies, u r Deprived of ur Rights and have to do Hard work...
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(Tag: ) Add DE to PRIVATION and it becomes DEPRIVATION which is a synonym of PRIVATION, meaning the state of being deprived.
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