Synonyms: privation, deprivation
Definition: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
Usage: nutritional privation; deprivation of civil rights
Similar words: social control
Definition: control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
Synonyms: deprivation, loss
Definition: the disadvantage that results from losing something
Usage: his loss of credibility led to his resignation; losing him is no great deprivation
Similar words: disadvantage
Definition: the quality of having an inferior or less favorable position
Synonyms: privation, neediness, deprivation, want
Definition: a state of extreme poverty
Similar words: poverty, poorness, impoverishment
Definition: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions