Synonyms

destitution

[des-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-]

des·ti·tu·tion

[des-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-]
noun
1.
lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty.
2.
deprivation, lack, or absence.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin dēstitūtiōn- (stem of dēstitūtiō) an abandoning, equivalent to dēstitūt(us) (see destitute) + -iōn- -ion

pre·des·ti·tu·tion, noun


1. See poverty.


1. affluence.

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Destitution is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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destitution (ˌdɛstɪˈtjuːʃən)
 
n
1.  the state of being destitute; utter poverty
2.  rare lack or deficiency

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