Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Deprivation

1. An act of taking away <deprivation of property>. 2. A withholding of something <deprivation of food>. 3. The state of being without something; wanting <deprivation from lack of food>. 4. A removal or degradation from office <deprivation of the bishop>.

Examples include deprivation of food or medication, beatings, oral assaults, and isolation. - Also termed elder abuse. carnal abuse. See sexual abuse.