Dictionary:

destitution

  (dĕs'tĭ-tū'shən, -tyū'-)

1. Extreme want of resources or the means of subsistence; complete poverty.
2. A deprivation or lack; a deficiency.

noun

The condition of being extremely poor: beggary, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, impoverishment, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See rich/poor.

Definition: dire poverty
Antonyms: wealth

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a state without friends or money or prospects

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