Definition of PRIVATION

privation

Meanings

Plural: privations

Noun

  • a state of extreme poverty
  • act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
    • "nutritional privation"
    • "deprivation of civil rights"
  • The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
  • The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
  • The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
  • Degradation or suspension from an office.

Origin / Etymology

Inherited from Middle English privacioun, from Middle French privation, privacion, from Old French privacion, from Latin prīvātiō; compare French privation. See private.

Scrabble Score: 14

privation is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
privation is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
privation is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

privation is a valid Words With Friends word