What does "deprivation" mean?

Deprivation: The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity. 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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