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deprivation

noun as in taking, keeping away; need

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Confirming details of its plans, the government said the money will be allocated based on need, population and levels of deprivation - instead of making areas compete for investment as in previous years.

From BBC

While the anti-4B side argues that women can persuade men to change by manipulating them with sex, the Lysistrata camp believes men can be convinced by deprivation.

From Salon

He is likely to serve little if any time in custody as a result, but he can probably count on a long term of probation, which itself entails a significant deprivation of liberty.

A previous report on the links between deprivation and education achievement in Northern Ireland pointed to academic selection favouring the better off.

From BBC

Sleep deprivation led to endocarditis, a rare and life-threatening infection of the heart’s inner lining.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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