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   privation

   /prʌɪˈveɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking: "years of rationing and privation"
   • 2. the loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present: formal "cold is the privation of heat"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Latin privatio(n-), from privat- ‘deprived’, from the verb privare (see private).

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • P

     3

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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