deprivation
(noun)
noun
1. a state of extreme poverty
Similar word(s): neediness, privation, want
Definition categories: state, impoverishment, poorness, poverty
2. the disadvantage that results from losing something
- losing him is no great deprivation
Similar word(s): loss
Definition categories: attribute, disadvantage
3. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- deprivation of civil rights
Similar word(s): privation
Definition categories: act
Sentences with deprivation as a noun:
- He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.