depredation vs deprivation
Definitions
noun
- an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding
- (usually plural) a destructive action
Examples
Young keeps a level tone throughout, tempering the tale of depredation with a dry wit.
What are we going to do to defend ourselves from illegal civil liberties depredations?
MacGregor --- I carena wha kens it --- And Rob had soon a gallant band; and as it grieved him (he said) to see sic hership and waste and depredation to the south o 'the Hieland line, why, if ony heritor or farmer wad pay him four punds Scots out of each hundred punds of valued rent, whilk was doubtless a moderate consideration, Rob engaged to keep them scaithless;
Definitions
noun
- act of depriving someone of food or money or rights
- a state of extreme poverty
- the disadvantage that results from losing something
Examples
Giving is the highest expression of potency. In the very act of giving, I experience my strength, my wealth, my power. This experience of heightened vitality and potency fills me with joy. I experience myself as overflowing, spending, alive, hence as joyous. Giving is more joyous than receiving, not because it is a deprivation, but because in the act of giving lies the expression of my aliveness. Erich Fromm
Racism is a tragedy beyond socioeconomic deprivation; it speaks of the total deprivation of the church today.
Punters and racegoers have felt only a sense of deprivation through the snow and ice of recent weeks.
