dɛp.ɹɪ.veɪʃən lɒs lɔs ˈniː.di.nəs pɹaɪˈveɪʃən wɒnt wɑnt wɔnt wɔnt wɒnt act of depriving someone of food or money or rights nutritional privation deprivation of civil rights the disadvantage that results from losing something his loss of credibility led to his resignation losing him is no great deprivation a state of extreme poverty