deprivation
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
deprivation (countable and uncountable, plural deprivations)
- (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
- (uncountable) The state of being deprived
- Synonyms: privation, loss, want, bereavement
- (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
- (followed by “of”) lack
- He was suffering from deprivation of sleep.
Usage notes
- Distinguish from depravation.
Translations
act of depriving
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state of being deprived
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Danish
Noun
deprivation c (singular definite deprivationen, plural indefinite deprivationer)
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Declension
Declension of deprivation
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | deprivation | deprivationen | deprivationer | deprivationerne |
| genitive | deprivations | deprivationens | deprivationers | deprivationernes |