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Privation \Pri*va"tion\ (pr[-i]*v[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. privatio:
cf. F. privation. See {Private}.]
1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving
of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
--Bacon.
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2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something,
especially of something required or desired; destitution;
need; as, to undergo severe privations.
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3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
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Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a
privation, or absence, of good. --South.
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Privation mere of light and absent day. --Milton.
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