deprivation

deprivation
deprivation
meaning ‘depriving or being deprived (of something)’, is pronounced dep-rivay-shǝn, with stress on the third syllable. It should be distinguished from privation, which means ‘lack of the comforts or necessities of life’.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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