The action of impoverish, v.

The action of making poor; impoverishment.

Reduction to beggary. (Now gerundial.)

The fact or process of impoverishing or making poor; the condition of being impoverished; loss of wealth or means; that which has this effect.

impoverishment, poverty.

The process or condition of being depauperated; impoverishment.

An act or instance of ‘letting down’: (a) a drawback, incident, disadvantage; (b) a come-down, a ‘drop’ in circumstances; (c) a disappointment. slang.

The action of pauperizing (a person or group of people); the condition of being pauperized, or very poor.

depauperation, pauperization.

The act of making or becoming progressively more miserable; pauperization, impoverishment.