privation

noun4

1. •
   The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.

   • His [the Native American's] nature is stern, simple and enduring; fitted to grapple with difficulties, and to support privations. — 1820
2. •
   The act of depriving someone of such basic necessities; deprivation.
3. •
   The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.
4. •
   (no longer used) Degradation or suspension from an office.