the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"
If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need. Millions more suffer from serious sleep deprivation caused by long work hours. the lack of something that you need in order to be healthy, comfortable, or happy
is derived from variables collected in the census (unemployment, overcrowding, housing tenure, living alone) and gives an indication of the degree of social adversity in the geographic area in which people live
act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
Loss of parental support caused by the death, incapacity, or continued absence of one or both natural or adoptive parents
The condition of forcibly (by someone else, or by a sleep disorder) being kept awake, to the point of noticeably lower alertness. A dangerous amount of sleep deprivation can cause fatal vehicular accidents