English dictionary

indigence

/'/I/nd/I//dZ//@/ns/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

noun.state

Examples
Their indigence appalled him.

Synonyms need pauperism pauperization penury

Source: WordNet 3.0
The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless <i>indigence</i>.

noun

Source: webster1913