deprivation in WordNet English dictionary

1. act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
   "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
   privation  deprivation 
   
2. the disadvantage that results from losing something
   "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
   loss  deprivation 
   
3. a state of extreme poverty
   privation  want  deprivation  neediness