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Webster 1913 Edition
Privation
1.
The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
Bacon.
2.
The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need;
as, to undergo severe
. privations
3.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Privation
PRIVA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The state of being deprived; particularly, deprivation or absence of what is necessary for comfort. He endures his privations with wonderful fortitude.2.
The act of removing something possessed; the removal or destruction of any thing or quality. The garrison was compelled by privation to surrender. For what is this contagious sin of kind
But a privation of that grace within?
3.
Absence, in general. Darkness is a privation of light.4.
The act of the mind in separating a thing from something appendant.5.
The act of degrading from rank or office.[But in this sense, deprivation is now used. See Deprivation.]