Deprival

/dɪˈpraɪvəl/ noun

Definition

The act or process of taking something away from someone, or the state of having something taken away.

Etymology

From deprive (Old French depriver, from Latin deprivare 'to take away') + -al (suffix forming nouns from verbs). The word evolved from legal and formal contexts to describe any removal of possession or rights.

Kelly Says

Deprival is a somewhat formal or archaic word—you'll rarely hear it in everyday speech. Instead, we say 'deprivation,' which has become the standard term. Language sometimes creates multiple forms, but only some survive into modern use.

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