deprive

verb

(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.

(transitive) To bereave.

(transitive) To degrade (a clergyman) from office.

Roots

privuspriv- · Latin · one's own, separate

Synonyms for deprive

bereavev divestv disentitle dispossessv denudev stripn disinheritv expropriatev withholdv denyv

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