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destitution

des·ti·tu·tion

UK/dɛstɪˈtjuːʃən/ US/dɛstɪˈtuːʃən/ uncommon archaic obsolete

noun

1.

a state without friends or money or prospects

Origin

From Old French destitution, from Latin dēstitūtiō (“abandoning”), from dēstituō.

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