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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Indigence \In"di*gence\, n. [L. indigentia: cf F. indigence. See {Indigent}.] The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as helpless, indigence. --Cowper. Syn: Poverty; penury; destitution; want need privation; lack. See {Poverty}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: indigence n : a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" [syn: {need}, {penury}, {pauperism}]
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