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privation
mid-14c., "action of depriving," from O.Fr.
privacion
, from L.
privationem
(nom.
privatio
) "a taking away," from
privatus,
pp. of
privare
"deprive" (see
private
). Meaning "want of life's comforts or of some necessity" is attested from 1790.
