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What does deprivation mean?

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Noun
  1. (countable) The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
  3. (countable) The taking away from a clergyman of his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
  4. (followed by “of”) lack
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He would be aghast at the spread of materialism and greed, and angry at our indifference to poverty and deprivation.
But the painted kerbing and the gaily-coloured banners can't disguise the extent of the social and educational deprivation of this community.
Though his vital signs returned to normal, the abiding fear was that oxygen deprivation had caused permanent kidney or brain damage.
As far as I can tell you are attempting to redefine torture to exclude waterboarding and sleep deprivation.
The abattoir worker's wife may be a prematurely raddled crone, but the horror she arouses is horror at the extent of her deprivation.
The Court considers on balance that the present case is to be regarded as one involving deprivation of liberty.

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