privation
French → English
(poverty) Lack of necessities: the state of missing basic requirements for life, such as food or warmth; deprivation
Les survivants de la guerre ont enduré des mois de privations extrêmes.
(English) The war survivors endured months of extreme deprivation.
À force de privations et d'économies, il a pu s'acheter cette petite maison.
(English) Through hardship and savings, he was able to buy this small house.
(rights) Loss of a benefit: the act of taking away a right, advantage, or sense that one previously held
Le juge a ordonné la privation de ses droits civiques pour cinq ans.
(English) The judge ordered the loss of his civic rights for five years.
La privation de sommeil est utilisée comme une méthode de torture psychologique.
(English) Sleep deprivation is used as a method of psychological torture.
Entry ID: fr:en:privation · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary