deprivation

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• (UK) IPA ^(key): /dɛp.rɪ.veɪʃən/

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Noun

Singular deprivation

Plural deprivations

1. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. (uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
3. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman's benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
4. The lack of something.

   He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.