(philosophy) The state of being deprived of or lacking an attribute formerly or properly possessed; the loss or absence of such an attribute.

plural of privation

simple past tense and past participle of privatize

(economics) To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry. / (computing, transitive) To make (a variable, etc.) private in scope.

present participle of privatize

privatization

Obsolete spelling of private

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privatize

plural of privateer

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of privateer