deprival
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"Starch is produced by mechanical methods from potatoes," "A military court sentenced a sergeant to deprival of civil rights."
From Time Magazine Archive
It was these, as boldly and defiantly expressed, which excited the fears and jealousy of Charles the Second, and instigated the deprival of the colonial charters.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 by Various
This deprival of senses, including all electronics and substitution of false signals or data to create this feeling of impotence, is another variant.
From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by James P. Wade
It is only by this means that a steady constant stream of air can be kept up, while the lungs will not be injured by the deprival of air.
I asked myself, too, what compensation Divine pity could make its creature for the deprival of its greatest blessing, and, finding none, I began to doubt its power.
From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian
