/dep'reuh vay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the act of depriving.
2. the fact of being deprived.
3. dispossession; loss.
4. removal from ecclesiastical office.
5. privation.
[ 1525-35; deprivation- (s. of deprivatio ), equiv. to deprivat ( us ) deprived (ptp. of deprivare; see DEPRIVE, -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]