destitution

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.
  2. Noun.  (context, now) Discharge from office; dismissal.
  3. Noun.  The condition of lacking something.
  4. Noun.  An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

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