Privation /(prī̇*vā"shŭn)/

Pri·va·tion

Privation

n.
  1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation.
  2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
  3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation.
    Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good.
    Privation mere of light and absent day.