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nouna state of extreme poverty
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"nutritional privation" "deprivation of civil rights"nounact of depriving someone of food or money or rights
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- hunger a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation
- starve die of food deprivation
- addict someone who is physiologically dependent on a substance; abrupt deprivation of the substance produces withdrawal symptoms
- mourning sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- deprived marked by deprivation especially of the necessities of life or healthful environmental influences
- grieving sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- alcoholism habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
- drunkenness habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms
- bereaved sorrowful through loss or deprivation
- bereft sorrowful through loss or deprivation