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des·ti·tu·tion
 destitution
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- pronunciation:
- de
stih
tu
sh
 n
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
utter poverty, or the extreme want of the necessities of life.
With no father and an invalid mother, the children lived in destitution.- antonyms:
- affluence, opulence, prosperity, wealth
- similar words:
- hardship, necessity, need, privation, want
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| definition 2: |
a lack or deficiency of something.
- antonyms:
- abundance, plenty
- similar words:
- privation, want
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| related words: |
famine, misery, poverty |
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