Privation

prī-vā′shun, n. state of being deprived of something, esp. of what is nece ary for comfort: destitution: ( logic ) absence of any quality: ( obs. ) degradation or suspension from an office.— adj. Priv′ative , causing privation: consisting in the absence of something.— n. that which is privative or depends on the absence of something else: ( logic ) a term denoting the absence of a quality: ( gram. ) a prefix denoting absence or negation.— adv. Priv′atively .— n. Priv′ativene . [L.; cf. Private .]