DESTITUTION
\dˌɛstɪtjˈuːʃən], \dˌɛstɪtjˈuːʃən], \d_ˌɛ_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\
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The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.
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The state of being deprived of anything; the state or condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources; deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the inundation caused general destitution.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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