indigence

Noun

Meaning

The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

need penury lack want poverty privation destitution pauperization pauperism Straits needs necessity bankruptcy shortage distress
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Antonyms

affluence clover hap bliss oscar diamond
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Hypernyms

poverty impoverishment poorness

Hyponyms

beggary mendicity mendicancy

Related terms

indigent

Phrases with the word

indigence line

Examples

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness. Ibn Shu'ba al-Harrani, Tuhaf al-'Uqul, p. 198. Ali

The poor are becoming increasingly aware of the injustice of the system that condemns them to a life of indigence and misery. And they are opposing the system courageously, sometimes even violently. This leads to a situation of conflict. Kurien Kunnumpuram

Paying visits to ones own relatives prolongs the life of a person and prevents poverty and indigence. Ja'far al-Sadiq

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness. Ali

Measures should be enacted which, without violating the rights of property, would reduce extreme wealth towards a state of mediocrity, and raise extreme indigence towards a state of comfort. James Madison

their indigence appalled him Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

indigen indigena indigenal indigence line indigency indigene