destitution
Meanings
noun
- The action of deserting or abandoning.
- Discharge from office; dismissal.
- The condition of lacking something.
- An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Old French destitution, from Latin dēstitūtiō (“abandoning”), from dēstituō.
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