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: 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