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Noun famishment has 1 sense

• famishment(n = noun.state) starvation - a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period; Array
is a kind of hunger, hungriness

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famishment

Fasting

N fasting, xerophagy, famishment, starvation, fast, jour maigre, fast day, banyan day, Lent, quadragesima, Ramadan, Ramazan, spare diet, meager diet, lenten diet, lenten entertainment, soupe maigre, short commons, Barmecide feast, short rations, lenten, quadragesimal, unfed, starved, half-starved, fasting, hungry.

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