Self-deprivation
noun
1.
the act of depriving.
2.
the fact of being deprived.
3.
dispossession; loss.
4.
removal from ecclesiastical office.
5.
privation.
noun
1.
an act or instance of depriving
2.
the state of being deprived: social deprivation, a cycle of deprivation and violence
deprivation dep·ri·va·tion (děp’rə-vā’shən)
n.
The absence, loss, or withholding of something needed.
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