privation

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a state of extreme poverty
  2. noun act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

want, deprivation, neediness

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