Definitions for indigence

indigence in·di·gence

Spelling: [in-di-juh ns]
IPA: /ˈɪn dɪ dʒəns/

Indigence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 137 anagrams from letters in indigence (cdeegiinn).

Definitions for indigence

noun

  1. seriously impoverished condition; poverty.

Origin of indigence

1325-75; Middle English Latin indigentia need. See indigent, -ence

Examples for indigence

Our relations; who enjoyed all our property, had reduced us to indigence.

The aid required by indigence is a debt of the rich to the poor.

You are better at home, under no compulsion to act dishonorably from indigence.

As he looked at it he forgot his indigence, his heart gave an exultant throb.

It is the care of a very great part of mankind to conceal their indigence from the rest.

Thousands of families, once wealthy, were suddenly reduced to indigence.

But at the same time we are assured that they were not left in indigence or necessity.

But there are many more people balancing precariously on the verge of indigence.

Opulence and indigence were no more sympathetic than oil and vinegar.

The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another.

Word Value for indigence
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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