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Definition of Indigence
1. Noun. A state of extreme poverty or destitution. "A general state of need exists among the homeless"
Generic synonyms: Impoverishment, Poorness, Poverty
Specialized synonyms: Beggary, Mendicancy, Mendicity
Derivative terms: Indigent, Needy, Pauperize, Penurious
Definition of Indigence
1. n. The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless indigence.
Definition of Indigence
1. Noun. extreme poverty or destitution ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indigence
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indigence
Literary usage of Indigence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adjustment and Equity in Chile by Patricio Meller (1992)
"Percentage of families living below indigence and poverty lines, Chile 1970-85"
Percentages a) See text for a criticism of these figures, which overestimate ..."
2. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"To the indigence Relief Minister, under the Legislature and the Prime Minister,
it belongs to give execution and effect to all institutions, ordinances, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the by Patrick Colquhoun (1806)
"The effect of indigence on the Offspring of the Sufferers. —The discovery of the
Children of unfortunate Families applying for Soup at the Establishments. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The conjunction of genuine indigence in the poor and ability to minister relief
in the rich, is necessary to concrete the obligation of almsgiving (St. ..."
5. The Slavery of the British West India Colonies Delineated: As it Exists Both by James Stephen (1824)
"... of mortgaged slaves in the sugar colonies through the indigence and embarrassments
of their owners, were a calamity new in its character or cause, ..."
6. The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the by James Boswell, John Wilson Croker (1860)
"... an Ode "—His extreme indigence at this Time—His Acquaintance with
Savage—-Anecdotes—Publishes " The Life of Richard Savage "—Case of the Countess of ..."
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