deprival
State of lacking
Deprival is the act of depriving or the state of being deprived—the taking away or withholding of something.
The word is formal and uncommon, appearing mainly in legal, philosophical, or theological contexts: the deprival of liberty, the deprival of basic rights.
Deprivation is the more common noun for the same concept.
State following loss
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- confiscationSeizure by authority
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
expropriation · disinheritance · repossession · divestment · surrender · relinquishment · alienation · spoliation
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- penuryExtreme lack of money
- indigenceExtreme poverty, total want
privation · neediness · want · pauperism · squalor · austerity · suffering · disadvantage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- paucityInsufficiency of amount
lack · want · absence · unavailability · shortfall · undersupply · inadequacy · deficit
bereavement
State following loss
- dispossessionDeprival of property rights
- forfeitureLoss due to breach
- confiscationSeizure by authority
seizure · expropriation · disinheritance · repossession · divestment · surrender · relinquishment · alienation · spoliation · removal
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- destitutionExtreme poverty, lacking necessities
- impoverishmentState of extreme deprivation
- penuryExtreme lack of money
indigence · privation · neediness · want · pauperism · squalor · austerity · suffering · disadvantage · dispossession
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficiencyLack of something needed
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
paucity · lack · want · absence · unavailability · shortfall · undersupply · inadequacy · deficit · rationing
- sleep deprivedLacking adequate rest
- sleep deprivationInadequate rest condition
- oxygen deprivationInsufficient breathable gas supply
- sensory deprivationBlocking all external stimuli
- sensory deprivation tankLightless pod for floating
- emotional deprivationAbsence of nurturing bonds
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