Defenition of the word beggary
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Defenition of the word beggary
- a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
- the state of being a beggar or mendicant
Synonyms for the word beggary
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- begging
- mendicancy
- mendicity
Hypernyms for the word beggary
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- impoverishment
- indigence
- need
- pauperism
- pauperization
- penury
- poorness
- poverty
- solicitation
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