privation
noun
[ prʌɪˈveɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking.
• "years of rationing and privation"
Similar:
deprivation,
hardship,
poverty,
penury,
indigence,
destitution,
impoverishment,
want,
need,
neediness,
disadvantage,
austerity,
suffering,
affliction,
distress,
misery,
impecuniousness,
impecuniosity,
• the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present.
• "cold is the privation of heat"
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin privatio(n- ), from privat- ‘deprived’, from the verb privare (see private).
