Hypertext Webster Gateway: "destitution"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Destitution \Des`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. destitutio a forsaking.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
destitution
n : a state without friends or money or prospects
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