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indigence noun bare subsistence, dearth, destitution, egestas, embarrassment, impecuniosity, impoverishment, insolvency, insufficiency, insufficient income, narrow means, necessitousness, need, neediness, needy circumstances, pauperism, pennilessness, penury, poor cirrumstances, poorness, poverty, privation, scarcity, want See also: bankruptcy, dearth, need, poverty, privation How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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5) As in England, contemporary debates and historical analyses have also centred on provision for the able-bodied poor (or its lack), whereas (except for the very late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries) the time and resources of practising administrators were concerned overwhelmingly with the impotent poor. The impotent poor who were in need for reasons beyond their control (e. |
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