Synonyms:
privation, deprivation
Meaning: act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Synonyms:
loss, deprivation
Meaning: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
Synonyms:
privation, want, deprivation, neediness
Meaning: a state of extreme poverty
Usage examples
And for this reason the loss of a son or brother, or the deprivation of fortune, is to him of all men least terrible.