Definitions for: Indigence

[n] a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

Webster (1913) Definition: In"di*gence, n. [L. indigentia: cf. F. indigence.
See Indigent.]
The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of
comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless,
indigence. --Cowper.

Syn: Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation;
lack. See Poverty.

Synonyms: beggary, need, pauperism, pauperization, penury

See Also: impoverishment, poorness, poverty

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