How is the word privations translated from French to English

English translation
Privation
noun

Manque des choses de base nécessaires pour vivre.

A lack of the basic things needed to live.

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  • Les réfugiés ont subi de grandes privations. — The refugees suffered great privation.

  • Les privations ont poussé beaucoup de familles à partir vers le sud. — Privation forced many families to move south.

  • Le journal décrit les privations de ce long hiver. — The diary describes the privation of that long winter.

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