1. A state of extreme poverty or destitution
   "their indigence appalled him"
   - need, penury, pauperism, pauperization

Derived forms: indigences

See also: indigent

Type of: impoverishment, poorness, poverty

Encyclopedia: Indigence

• toner
• tong
• tong ho
• Tonga
• Tongan
• Tongan monetary unit
• tongs
• tongue
• tongue and groove joint
• tongue depressor
• tongue fern
• tongue twister
• tongue worm
• tongue-in-cheek
• tongue-lashing
• tongue-shaped
• tongue-tie
• tongue-tied
• tongued
• tonguefish
• tongueflower
• tongueless
• tongueless frog
• tonguelike
• tonguing and grooving plane