Found 2 items, similar to indigence.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: indigence indigence n : a state of extreme poverty or destitution; “their indigence appalled him”; “a general state of need exists among the homeless” [syn: need, penury, beggary, pauperism, pauperization]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Indigence Indigence \In"di*gence\, n. [L. indigentia: cf. F. indigence. See Indigent.] The condition of being indigent; lack of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty; as, helpless indigence. --Cowper. Syn: Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; privation; lack. See Poverty. [1913 Webster]