deprivation
nounDivide deprivation into syllables:
de · pri · va · tion
How to pronounce deprivation:
Definition of deprivation:
- deprivation (noun):
- removal from an office, dignity, or benefice
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights.
- the state of being kept from possessing, enjoying, or using something the state of being deprived privation
Synonyms for deprivation:
absence
denial
impoverishment
lack
loss
neediness
pauperisation
pauperization
privation
shortage
social control
starvation
starving
want
Antonyms for deprivation:
abundance
accumulation
adequacy
advantage
affluence
ampleness
amplitude
benefit
blessing
boom
bountifulness
bounty
cache
comfort
copiousness
cornucopia
deluge
ease
enlargement
enough
excess
exorbitance
expansion
extra
extravagance
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