Deprivation or deprive may refer to:
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Poverty, pronounced deprivation in well-being
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Objective deprivation or poverty threshold, the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country
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Relative deprivation
Relative deprivation is the lack of resources to sustain the diet, lifestyle, activities and amenities that an individual or group are accustomed to or that are widely encouraged or approved in the society to which they belong. Peter Townsend, ''Po ...
, the lack of resources to sustain the lifestyle that one is accustomed to or that a society approves
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Deprivation (child development), inadequate meeting of child's needs required for an adequate child development
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Deprivation of rights under color of law, a federal criminal offense under U.S. law
* Deprivation, the taking away from a clergyman of his
benefice or other spiritual promotion or dignity by an ecclesiastical court
See also
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Forfeiture (law), deprivation of a right in consequence of the non-performance of some obligation
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Hypoxia (medical), a medical condition where the body is deprived of adequate oxygen supply at the tissue level
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Child neglect, abuse that results in a deprivation of a child's basic needs
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