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Definitions for Indigence
ˈɪn dɪ dʒənsin·di·gence

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperizationnoun

    a state of extreme poverty or destitution

    "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"

Wiktionary

  1. indigencenoun

    extreme poverty or destitution

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Indigence, Indigencynoun

    Want; penury; poverty.

    Etymology: indigence, Fr. indigentia, Lat.

    Where there is happiness, there must not be indigency, or want of any due comforts of life. Thomas Burnet, Theo. of the Earth.

    For ev'n that indigence, that brings me low,
    Makes me myself, and him above to know. Dryden.

    Athens worshipped God with temples and sacrifices, as if he needed habitation and sustenance; and that the heathens had such a mean apprehension about the indigency of their gods, appears from Aristophanes and Lucian. Richard Bentley.

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  1. indigence

    Indigence refers to a state of extreme poverty or destitution where an individual or group lacks the basic necessities of life, such as food, clothing, and shelter. It generally indicates a condition of financial hardship and inability to maintain a minimum standard of living.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Indigencenoun

    the condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless, indigence

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Indigence in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Indigence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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