Associations to the word «Privation»
Noun
- Hardship
- Toil
- Suffering
- Fortitude
- Fatigue
- Negation
- Peril
- Hunger
- Starvation
- Inconvenience
- Misery
- Discomfort
- Luxury
- Perseverance
- Enjoyment
- Endurance
- Marches
- Abstinence
- Humiliation
- Wandering
- Exertion
- Loneliness
- Danger
- Sickness
- Poverty
- Evil
- Emigrant
- Potency
- Austerity
- Deprivation
- Comfort
- Annoyance
- Distress
- Sorrow
- Torture
- Necessary
- Calamity
- Repose
- Solitude
- Misfortune
- Patience
- Excess
- Thirst
- Aristotle
- Wherefore
- Sacrifice
- Affliction
- Indifference
- Perfection
- Heroism
- Anxiety
- Blindness
- Famine
- Happiness
- Augustine
- Sin
- Murmur
Adjective
Wiktionary
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.
PRIVATION, noun. The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
PRIVATION, noun. The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
Dictionary definition
PRIVATION, noun. A state of extreme poverty.
PRIVATION, noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights".
Wise words
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