n. The state of being deprived; particularly, deprivation or absence of what is necessary for comfort; destitution; want.n. The act of removing something possessed; the removal or destruction of any thing or any property; deprivation.n. In logic, a particular kind of negation consisting in the absence from a subject of a habit which ought to be, might be, or generally is in that subject or others like it.n. The act of degrading from rank or office.n. Technically, in the Roman Catholic Church, the suspension of an ecclesiastic from his office, stipend, ecclesiastical functions, or jurisdiction.