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[ des-ti-too-shuhn, -tyoo- ] / ˌdɛs tɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR destitution ON THESAURUS.COM
nounlack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty. deprivation, lack, or absence. Origin of destitution1400–50; late Middle English <Latin dēstitūtiōn- (stem of dēstitūtiō) an abandoning, equivalent to dēstitūt(us) (see destitute) + -iōn--ion ANTONYMS FOR destitutionSEE ANTONYMS FOR destitution ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for destitution1. See poverty. OTHER WORDS FROM destitutionpre·des·ti·tu·tion, nounWords nearby destitutiondestination, destine, destined, destiny, destitute, destitution, destock, destool, de-stress, destrier, destroy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for destitutionAs he notes, these benefits are key to countless families who would otherwise fall into destitution. Obama to Congress: Do Your Job and Extend Unemployment Benefits|Jamelle Bouie|January 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now she just wants the neo homeless to get back under a roof before they become acclimated to destitution. A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST Artemis Stefanoudaki, a 38-year-old photographer, lives on the razor-thin margin between poverty and destitution. A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST This at least is certain, that the fund has not been dispensed upon any extravagant views of the existence of destitution. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.|Various
They all knew, though the widow would not own it, that destitution was at her door. The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys|Gulielma Zollinger Is illiteracy so much more dangerous to society than destitution? Paris and the Social Revolution|Alvan Francis Sanborn Nor is there anything which is more characteristic of destitution than this sentiment. Tony Butler|Charles James Lever In addition to homeless boys who steal from destitution, there are, as I have said, a number of decrepit old men who do the same. Crime and Its Causes|William Douglas Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for destitution
nounthe state of being destitute; utter poverty rare lack or deficiency Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to destitutionpoverty, want, privation |