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What does destitution mean?

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Noun
  1. (obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.
  2. (now rare) Discharge from office; dismissal.
  3. The condition of lacking something.
  4. An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.
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When abusive behaviour is deeply entrenched in our communities it is not the material destitution, the social ills and historical legacy that fuel the abuse epidemics.
Never had I seen human beings so clad, or rather so unclad, in such amazing squalidness and destitution of garments.
They also praised the expansion of the activities of the institutions in the social sector and micro-credit, as a vehicle of easing destitution.
Despite the fact that the destitution still lingers in my mind, trips like these strengthen the morale within a squad.
Unfortunately, she does not have the skills to pay the bills, and her farm quickly slips into destitution.
Sykes, a father-of-four, had been laid off from his job as a puddler at a Rotherham iron works in 1865, forcing him to turn to poaching to stave off destitution.

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