Privation

·noun The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

II. Privation ·noun The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.

III. Privation ·noun The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.