Found 2 items, similar to impoverishment.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: impoverishment impoverishment n 1: the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions [syn: poverty, poorness] [ant: wealth] 2: the act of making someone poor [syn: pauperization, pauperisation]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Impoverishment Impoverishment \Im*pov"er*ish*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement.] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]