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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dep-ruh-vey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛp rəˈveɪ ʃən

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Définition of deprivation

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "removal from office or position," from Medieval Latin deprivationem (nominative deprivatio), noun of action from past participle stem of deprivare (see deprive).
  • noun taking, keeping away; need
Example sentences :
  • And from dropsy to the deprivation of life into which your folly will bring you.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • The most amazing thing about him is that he turns hardship and deprivation into pleasure.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Deprivation of it quickly produces a starved physical condition.
  • Extract from : « No Animal Food » by Rupert H. Wheldon
  • This was deprivation of the privileges of a freeman and banishment from the City.
  • Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant
  • Without the deprivation of a single necessity, or comfort, even.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 » by Various
  • Punishment is pain, is deprivation, despondency, affliction.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 » by Various
  • It is the amends due for a deprivation that has been suffered.
  • Extract from : « Change in the Village » by (AKA George Bourne) George Sturt
  • For if teaching produces it, the deprivation of teaching prevents it.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Morals » by Plutarch
  • She spoke as if he were responsible for some deprivation which Miss Bonford suffered.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • "Well, I'll do my best to bear up under the deprivation," laughed Bert.
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield

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