2. In a manner affecting an individual; personally not officially; as, he is not privately benefited.
PRIVATENESS
Pri"vate*ness, n.
1. Seclusion from company or society; retirement; privacy; secrecy. Bacon.
2. The state of one not invested with public office.
PRIVATION
Pri*va"tion n. Etym: [L. privatio: cf. F. privation. See Private.]
1. The act of depriving, or taking away; hence, the depriving of rank or office; degradation in rank; deprivation. Bacon.
2. The state of being deprived or destitute of something, especially of something required or desired; destitution; need; as, to undergo severe privations.
3. The condition of being absent; absence; negation. Evil will be known by consequence, as being only a privation, or absence, of good. South. Privation mere of light and absent day. Milton.
PRIVATIVE
Priv"a*tive a. Etym: [L. privativus: cf. F. privatif. See Private.]
1. Causing privation; depriving.