Indigence
Pronunciation : In"di*gence
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. indigentia: cf. F. indigence. See Indigent.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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