deprivation

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The act or an instance of depriving; loss.
• noun The condition of being deprived; privation.
• noun A removal of rank or office.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The act of depriving; a taking away.
• noun The state of being deprived; loss; want; bereavement.
• noun Degradation from office, rank, or position; deposition: now used chiefly of the deposition of a bishop or other clergyman.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
• noun The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
• noun (Eccl. Law) the taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun countable The act of depriving, dispossessing, or bereaving; the act of deposing or divesting of some dignity.
• noun uncountable The state of being deprived; privation; loss; want; bereavement.
• noun countable The taking away from a clergyman his benefice, or other spiritual promotion or dignity.
• noun followed by “of” lack

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
• noun a state of extreme poverty
• noun the disadvantage that results from losing something