deprivation

Nouns

  • (n) a state of extreme poverty neediness, privation, want,
  • (n) the disadvantage that results from losing something
    • his loss of credibility led to his resignation
    • losing him is no great deprivation
    loss,
  • (n) act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
    • nutritional privation
    • deprivation of civil rights
    privation,

Synonyms

neediness privation want loss

Words of close approximity