Dep′ri‐va″tion (?), n. [LL. deprivatio.] 1. The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
2. The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
3. (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
☞ Deprivation may be a beneficio or ab officio; the first takes away the living, the last degrades and deposes from the order.