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Meaning indigence meaning

What does indigence mean?

— noun (= need) a state of extreme poverty or destitution their indigence appalled him a general state of need exists among the homeless

What other words have the same or similar meaning as indigence?

poverty destitution penury want need distress poorness pauperism extreme poverty privation pauperization neediness lack beggary wretchedness straitened circumstances scarcity requirement pennilessness needfulness necessity necessitousness misery inadequacy impoverishment impecuniousness empty-handedness deprivation deficiency danger adversity