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noun
The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving.
The act of deposing or divesting of some dignity; in particular the taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The state of being deprived; lack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Synonyms: privation, loss, want, bereavement
Antonyms: none provided
noun
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: privation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social control
Narrower terms: pauperization, pauperisation, impoverishment, starvation, starving
noun
the disadvantage that results from losing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: loss
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disadvantage
noun
a state of extreme poverty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: privation, want, neediness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poverty, poorness, impoverishment
History
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Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
