English → Latin
“deprivation” in Latin
prīvātiōprivation, deprivationspoliātiōrobbing, plunderingdīreptiōplundering, pillaging, sack, sacking; stealing; rapeexpīlātiōpillaging, plunderingorbātĭoa deprivingāmōtiōremoval, removingāmissiōloss; deprivationāmittōto let go, let slip, let fall; to remit, pardon; to loseiaciōto throw, hurl, cast, fling; throw away; to lay, set, establish, build, found, construct, erect; to send forth, emit; brdolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
deprivation
The act of depriving, privatio; spoliatio; direptio; expilatio; orbatio, etc. (SYN. of verbs under DEPRIVE): ademtio (the taking away, Cic., ; plur., Tac., ademtiones bonorum): amotio (the removal; e.g., doloris, Cic.).
The state of losing, amissio, amissus (loss: for the latter, Vid: Nep., Alc., 6, 2): jactura (a loss voluntarily undergone; Vid: Plin., Ep., 1, 12, in jacturam gravissimam feci, si jactura dicenda tanti viri amissio): orbitas alicujus (state of desolation from the loss of anybody; e.g., of the commonwealth, orbitas rei publicae talium virorum). Anything is a great deprivation to anybody, miserum est alicui carere aliqua re. The loss of anything was a great deprivation to anybody, quam huic erat miserum carere re (e.g., consuetudine amicorum, Cic.)
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for deprivation?
- The usual Latin words for “deprivation” are prīvātiō, spoliātiō, dīreptiō; also expīlātiō, orbātĭo, āmōtiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.