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Destitution

/dɛstɪˈtjuːʃən/

The action of deserting or abandoning.

📖 Definitions of "Destitution"

noun

1
The action of deserting or abandoning.
2
Discharge from office; dismissal.
3
The condition of lacking something.
4
An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
deprivationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
privationnoun	The state of being very poor, and lacking the basic necessities of life.
impoverishmentnoun	The state of being impoverished.
dispossessionnoun	The act of dispossessing someone of something.
dismissalnoun	Deprivation of office; the fact or process of being fired from employment or stripped of rank.
poornoun	(with the) The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society.
povertynoun	The quality or state of being poor; lack of money
indigencenoun	Extreme poverty or destitution.
penurynoun	(uncountable) Extreme need or want; destitution, poverty; (countable) an instance of this.
scarcitynoun	(uncountable) The condition of something being scarce or deficient.
shortagenoun	A lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
removalnoun	The process of removing or the fact of being removed.
hardshipnoun	Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
destituteverb	Lacking money, poor, impoverished; especially, extremely so.
pittancenoun	A meagre allowance of money or wages.
paucitynoun	A smallness in size or amount that is insufficient; meagerness, dearth.
plightnoun	A dire or unfortunate situation.
miserynoun	Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe.
sufferingnoun	The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
wretchednessnoun	An unhappy state of mental or physical suffering.