Category:Privation

Pri*va"tion n. Etym: [l. privatio: cf. F. privation. See private.]

1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank Or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon.

2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially Of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo Severe privations.

3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or Absence, of good. South. Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton.