Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
2) n. - The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
3) n. - The condition of being absent; absence; negation.