Indigence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Indigence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indigence n a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" Synonym(s): indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indigence \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}.