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Noun: indigence  in-di-jun(t)s
  1. A state of extreme poverty or destitution
    "their indigence appalled him"
    - need, penury, pauperism, pauperization

Derived forms: indigences

See also: indigent

Type of: impoverishment, poorness, poverty

Encyclopedia: Indigence

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