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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state without friends or money or prospects; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Destitution \Des`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. destitutio a forsaking.]
   The state of being deprived of anything; the state or
   condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources;
   deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the
   inundation caused general destitution. Destrer


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

destitution
    n 1: a state without friends or money or prospects