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n. The act or an instance of depriving; loss.

n. The condition of being deprived; privation.

n. A removal of rank or office.

n. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

n. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

n. The taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

n. lack

n. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.

n. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.

n. the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

n. The act of depriving; a taking away.

n. The state of being deprived; loss; want; bereavement.

n. Degradation from office, rank, or position; deposition: now used chiefly of the deposition of a bishop or other clergyman.

n. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights

n. a state of extreme poverty

n. the disadvantage that results from losing something

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poorness    poverty    impoverishment    disadvantage   

privation    loss    want    bereavement    deprival   

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privation    starvation    humiliation    exhaustion    discomfort