destitution Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a state without friends or money or prospects

WordNet

Des`ti*tu"tion noun
Etymology
L. destitutio a forsaking.
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913