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DESTITUTION

\dˌɛstɪtjˈuːʃən], \dˌɛstɪtjˈuːʃən], \d_ˌɛ_s_t_ɪ_t_j_ˈuː_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of DESTITUTION

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Extreme poverty; want; lack.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Utter want; extreme poverty.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. State or condition of being needy, or without resources; deprivation; deficiency; lack; poverty.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Want, the state in which something is wanted.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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