deprivation

IPA: dɛprʌvˈeɪʃʌn

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

Examples of "deprivation" in Sentences

Sleep deprivation is torture – I knew those all nighters at the law firm were human rights abuses!!!
Sure, the idea of curing sleep deprivation is all right, but what happens if the user has claustrophobia?
For the woman denied access, the deprivation is absolute: Either a woman can get a safe and legal abortion, or she cannot.
Lief and Zarin-Ackerman 1980 noted synonyms for the term deprivation: “disadvantaged, high risk, culturally poor, disorganized and crisis oriented.”
Gross overconsumption of material benefits by foreign interlopers in a community suffering deprivation is an exquisitely perfect sin and the subject of much ironic humor.
These numbers are likely to change somewhat as Census refines its measure, but they need to change quite a bit to be consistent with what most data tells us about geographic differences in deprivation, and what state-level social and economic policies work best in reducing poverty.
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