GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Indigence , 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.
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