What does "privation" mean?
Privation: The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
Additional senses
- 2.The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. South. Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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