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Privation of life. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

he identity of difference of ideas is discernible by the understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.

The act of disfranchising, or the state disfranchised; deprivation of privileges of citizenship or of chartered immunities. Sentenced first to dismission from the court, and then to disfranchisement and expulsion from the colony. Palfrey.

Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton.

A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [Obs.] Milton.

The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.

Deprivation of life or of spirits. [R.] Bailey.

Deprivation of authority or dignity; degration. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Privation or destitution of blood; -- opposed to plethora. Dunglison.

To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary. And famish him of breath, if not of bread. Milton.

That which is hard to hear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc. Swift.

ominy. Rambler. Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Common wealth. Hobbes.

The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. Sir T. Browne. Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. Macaulay.

The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation. Assured loss before the match be played. Shak.

The privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary.

Hence: Deprivation or depression of self-approval; abatement or pride; humiliation; chagrin; vexation. We had the mortification to lose sight of Munich, Augsburg, and Ratisbon. Addison.

An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling. [Eng.]

The act of mutilating, or the state of being mutilated; deprivation of a limb or of an essential part.

Privation of sense or consciousness, due to a narcotic.

The state of being orbate, or deprived of parents or children; privation, in general; bereavement. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.