Ĭn'di-ġençe or Ĭn'di-ġen-çy, n.

[Fr. indigence, Pr. & Sp. indigencia, It. indigenza, Lat. indigentia. See INDIGENT.] The condition of being indigent; want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty. “New indigencies founded upon new desires.” South.

Synonyms—Poverty; penury; destitution; want; need; pauperism. See POVERTY.