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