indigence

[ in-di-juhns ]

noun

Origin of indigence

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

William Booth’s famous poverty maps, which the social reformer used to catalogue affluence and indigence in late Victorian London, don’t extend this far south.
In London, looking backward to move forward | Henry Wismayer | March 5, 2021 | Washington Post
But there are many more people balancing precariously on the verge of indigence.
A Dickensian Christmas For Greece’s New Poor | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
It must be a dreadful situation for any man to have to choose between roguery and indigence.
The 'Characters' of Jean de La Bruyre | Jean de La Bruyre
Their kings are without power and without glory; their subjects languish in indigence and wretchedness.
Letters To Eugenia | Paul Henri Thiry Holbach
Banished from his native country and without any resource, Diogenes was reduced to great indigence.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 | Various

And a life of simplicity and indigence, which moderates the sexual desires, now seems to me good.
My Religion | Leo Tolstoy
Ordinary minds avoid, as much as possible, recurring to past periods of indigence and inferiority of station.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I | Francis Augustus Cox

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