privation

【Word of the Day for Thursday April 15, 2004】
1. An act or instance of depriving.
2. The state of being deprived of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need.
【スーパーアンカー英和】(衣食住など生活必需品の)欠乏,窮乏;困苦. ; lead a life of privation 窮乏生活を送る ; suffer many privations 多くの困苦をなめる.