sensory deprivation | a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory input |
sleep deprivation | a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep |
parcel portion share | the allotment of some amount by dividing something, death gets more than its share of attention from theologians |
privation deprivation | act of depriving someone of food or money or rights, nutritional privation, deprivation of civil rights |
part portion | something less than the whole of a human artifact, the rear part of the house, glue the two parts together |
loss deprivation | the disadvantage that results from losing something, his loss of credibility led to his resignation, losing him is no great deprivation |
compulsory process | the right of a defendant to have a court use its subpoena power to compel the appearance of material witnesses before the court |
helping portion serving | an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal, the helpings were all small, his portion was larger than hers, there's enough for two servings each |
dowry dowery dower portion | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage |
share portion part percentage | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group, he wanted his share in cash |
part portion component part component constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it, he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself, I read a portion of the manuscript, the smaller component is hard to reach, the animal constituent of plankton |
fortune destiny fate luck lot circumstances portion | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you), whatever my fortune may be, deserved a better fate, has a happy lot, the luck of the Irish, a victim of circumstances, success that was her portion |
privation want deprivation neediness | a state of extreme poverty |
assign allot portion | give out, We were assigned new uniforms |
share divvy up portion out apportion deal | give out as one's portion or share |
compulsory mandatory required | required by rule, in most schools physical education is compulsory, attendance is mandatory, required reading |