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privation (encz) | privation,degradování v: web |
Privation (gcide) | Privation \Pri*va"tion\ (pr[-i]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [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.
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2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something,
especially of something required or desired; destitution;
need; as, to undergo severe privations.
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3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
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Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a
privation, or absence, of good. --South.
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Privation mere of light and absent day. --Milton.
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privation (wn) | privation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" [syn:
privation, deprivation] |
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deprivation (mass) | deprivation
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deprivation (encz) | deprivation,nouze deprivation,vyvlastnění n: Zdeněk Broždeprivation,zbavení n: Zdeněk Brož |
privation (encz) | privation,degradování v: web |
Deprivation (gcide) | Deprivation \Dep`ri*va"tion\, n. [LL. deprivatio.]
1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act
of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
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2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want;
bereavement.
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3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice,
or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
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Note: Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first
takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes
from the order.
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deprivation (wn) | deprivation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his
loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is
no great deprivation" [syn: loss, deprivation]
3: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" [syn:
privation, deprivation] |
privation (wn) | privation
n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights;
"nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights" [syn:
privation, deprivation] |
sensory deprivation (wn) | sensory deprivation
n 1: a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the
victim of all sensory input |
sleep deprivation (wn) | sleep deprivation
n 1: a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the
victim of sleep |
DEPRIVATION (bouvier) | DEPRIVATION, ecclesiastical Punishment. A censure by which a clergyman is
deprived of his parsonage, vicarage, or other ecclesiastical promotion or
dignity. Vide Ayliffe's Parerg. 206; 1 Bl. Com. 393.
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