DEPRIVATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPRIVATION?

Need another word that means the same as “deprivation”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “deprivation” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Deprivation” are: neediness, privation, want, loss, poverty, impoverishment, penury, hardship, destitution, need, distress, indigence, beggary, ruin, dispossession, withholding, withdrawal, removal, taking away, stripping, divestment, divestiture, expropriation, seizure, confiscation, appropriation

Deprivation as a Noun

Definitions of "Deprivation" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “deprivation” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity.
• Act of depriving someone of food or money or rights.
• The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.
• The action of depriving someone of office, especially an ecclesiastical office.
• A state of extreme poverty.
• The disadvantage that results from losing something.

Synonyms of "Deprivation" as a noun (26 Words)

appropriation	Incorporation by joining or uniting. The hallmark of postmodernism has turned out to be appropriation.
beggary	A state of extreme poverty. They have no benefits to stand between them and beggary.
confiscation	The action of taking or seizing someone’s property with authority; seizure. A court ordered the confiscation of her property.
destitution	Poverty so extreme that one lacks the means to provide for oneself. The family faced eviction and destitution.
dispossession	The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law. The global impact of poverty and dispossession.
distress	Extreme physical pain. Originally distress was a landlord s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord s lien.
divestiture	An order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior. The court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly.
divestment	The action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments. Proceeds from divestments.
expropriation	The action of dispossessing someone of property. The decree provided for the expropriation of church land and buildings.
hardship	Severe suffering or privation. A life of hardship.
impoverishment	The state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions. The impoverishment of language.
indigence	A state of extreme poverty; destitution. Their indigence appalled him.
loss	An amount of money lost by a business or organization. Loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt.
need	Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity. Children in need.
neediness	The quality of needing attention and affection and reassurance to a marked degree. He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it.
penury	The state of being very poor; extreme poverty. He couldn t face another year of penury.
poverty	The renunciation of the right to individual ownership of property as part of a religious vow. The poverty of her imagination.
privation	A state in which food and other essentials for well-being are lacking. Deprivation of civil rights.
removal	The forcing of individuals or communities to leave their place of residence, especially to move to ethnically homogeneous rural settlements. Opposition parties demanded his immediate removal from office.
ruin	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. The ruins of the castle.
seizure	The action of confiscating or impounding property by warrant of legal right. He suffered an epileptic seizure.
stripping	An airfield without normal airport facilities.
taking away	The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
want	A desire for something. The expression of our wants and desires.
withdrawal	The action of withdrawing something. The nurse was expert at the withdrawal of blood.
withholding	The act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control. The withholding of consent to treatment.

Usage Examples of "Deprivation" as a noun

• Rural households could escape the worst deprivations of the towns.
• Low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation.
• Deprivation of civil rights.
• Sleep deprivation.
• Losing him is no great deprivation.

Associations of "Deprivation" (30 Words)

analgesia	Medication that acts to relieve pain. She was able to take analgesia orally.
buccaneer	Live like a buccaneer. The company might be a target for an individual buccaneer seeking power and prestige.
confiscate	Take or seize (someone’s property) with authority. The guards confiscated his camera.
deprive	Depose (someone, especially a member of the clergy) from office. The Archbishop deprived a considerable number of puritan clergymen.
disenfranchise	Deprive (someone) of the rights and privileges of a free inhabitant of a borough, city, or country. A hard core of kids who are disenfranchised and don t feel connected to the school.
filch	Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way. They filched milk off morning doorsteps.
forfeit	The action of forfeiting something. She didn t mind forfeiting an hour in bed to muck out the horses.
forfeited	Surrendered as a penalty.
forfeiture	The act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. Magistrates ordered the forfeiture of his computer.
impound	Place or shut up in a pound. Vehicles parked where they cause an obstruction will be impounded.
impoverish	Take away. The soil was impoverished by annual burning.
leave	In snooker croquet and other games the position in which a player leaves the balls for the next player. She was granted leave to speak.
loot	Steal (something) from someone. Ten thousand quid is a lot of loot.
loss	Euphemistic expressions for death. Avoiding loss of time.
neediness	A state of extreme poverty. He recognized her neediness but had no time to respond to it.
pillage	Steal goods; take as spoils. Artworks pillaged from churches and museums.
plunder	Plunder a town after capture. The contents of the abandoned houses were plundered by members of the new regime.
ransack	Search thoroughly. Burglars ransacked her home.
rapine	The violent seizure of someone’s property. The fruits of violence and rapine.
rob	Deprive (an opposing player) of the ball. Hughes robbed Vonk yards inside the City half.
steal	Move stealthily. The chorus is a steal from The Smiths London.
take	Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes. Mum s been taken bad.
theft	The act of taking something from someone unlawfully. The latest theft happened at a garage.
thief	A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it. The thief stole the drugs from a doctor s surgery.
thieve	Take by theft. They began thieving again.
usurp	Take (a position of power or importance) illegally or by force. He usurped my rights.
usurpation	Wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority. A succession of generals who ruled by usurpation.
waive	Refrain from insisting on or using (a right or claim. He will waive all rights to the money.