mendicity

Noun

Meaning

The practice of begging; the life of a beggar; mendicancy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

beggary mendicancy poverty begging destitution impoverishment indigence penury poorness penuriousness pennilessness pauperism vagrancy impecuniosity impecuniousness

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Antonyms

success rich abundance fortune prosperity luxury

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Hypernyms

need indigence penury pauperization pauperism

Examples

The poor must be wisely visited and liberally cared for, so that mendicity shall not be tempted into mendacity, nor want exasperated into crime. Robert Charles Winthrop

they were reduced to mendicancy Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mendicate mendication Mendicino Mendieta mendigo mendinant