Associations to the word «Deprivation»

Wiktionary

DEPRIVATION, noun. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
DEPRIVATION, noun. (uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
DEPRIVATION, noun. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
DEPRIVATION, noun. (followed by “of”) lack

Dictionary definition

DEPRIVATION, noun. A state of extreme poverty.
DEPRIVATION, noun. The disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation".
DEPRIVATION, noun. Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy