Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. 2. (n.) The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations. 3. (n.) The condition of being absent; absence; negation.

Multi-Version Concordance Privation (3 Occurrences) Philippians 4:11 I do not refer to this through fear of privation, for (for my part) (WEY DBY) Philippians 4:12 I know both how to be abased and I know how to abound. In everything and in all things I am initiated both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer privation. (DBY) Isaiah 30:20 And though the Lord will give you the bread of trouble and the water of grief, you will no longer put your teacher on one side, but you will see your teacher: (See NAS)