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Definition of Privation
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Privation
The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Related Definitions:
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Privation Quotations
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. William Hazlitt The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character building values of the privation of the poor. John Kenneth Galbraith Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself. John Strachan The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi |
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