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privation

Logic obsolete the absence from an object of what ordinarily or naturally belongs to such objects

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No references found			We say that that is capable of some particular faculty or possession has suffered privation when the faculty or possession in question is in no way present in that in which, and at the time at which, it should naturally be present. The Categories by Aristotle View in context And Nancy's deepest wounds had all come from the perception that the absence of children from their hearth was dwelt on in her husband's mind as a privation to which he could not reconcile himself. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context In the stress of privation and the need of effort I might sometimes forget the somber secret ever baffling the conjecture that it compels. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context			private key cryptography Private Labor Private Law private library private line private line arrangement private line service Private Manual Branch eXchange private member private number plan private pack private peering Private Plot private residence private school private sector private sewage disposal system private sewer private stairway private stream private Web site private-key cryptography Private-Public Accusation Privateer Privateering privation privative privatization privet Privilege privileged privileged communication privileged direction privileged instruction privileged mode Privodino Privokzalnyi Privole Privolzhsk Privolzhskii privy privy chamber Privy Chancellery Privy Council Privy Councillor Privy Duma privy purse privy seal Prix de Rome Prix de Rome, Grand Prize			Privately Owned Stored Water Privately owned utility Privately owned utility Privately owned utility Privately Owned Vehicle Privately Owned Vehicle/Convoy Privately Owned Wastewater Treatment System Privately Owned Weapon Privately Owned-Public Use Privately Owned/Government Operated Privately Place Securities Privately-held Privately-Held Companies Privately-held company Privately-owned company Privately-Owned Motor Vehicle Privately-Owned Public Open Spaces Privately-owned utility Privately-owned utility Privately-owned utility privateness privateness privateness privateness privates privates privates privates privates first class PrivateSky Aviation Services, Inc. privation privation of seisin privations privations privations Privatisation Privatisation Privatisation Privatisation and Public Enterprises Supervisory Agency Privatisation and the European Social Model Privatisation Commission privatisations privatise privatise privatise Privatised Privatised Privatised privatiser privatisers privatises privatising privatism privatist privatistic privative privative Privative a privatively privatively Privativeness

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