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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·di·gence       [in-di-juhns] Pronunciation Key
–noun
seriously impoverished condition; poverty.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME < L indigentia need. See indigent, -ence]

—Synonyms privation, need, want, penury.
—Antonyms wealth.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
in·di·gence       (ĭn'dĭ-jəns)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Poverty; neediness.

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
indigence 
c.1375, from O.Fr. indigence (13c.), from L. indigentia, from indigentem (nom. indigens), prp. of indigere "to need," from indu "in, within" + egere "be in need, want."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
indigence

noun
a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless" 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: in·di·gence
Pronunciation: 'in-d&-j&ns
Function: noun
: impoverished hardship and deprivation

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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