definition of
deprivation

[1] #1 deprivation n. [privation, want, neediness] a state of extreme poverty. wn

[2] #2 deprivation n. [loss] the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation". wn

[3] #3 deprivation n. [privation] act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights". wn