IN'DIGENCE IN'DIGENCY, noun [Latin indigentia, from indigeo; in or ind, and egeo, to want, to lack.] Want of estate, or means of comfortable subsistence; penury; poverty. A large portion of the human race live in indigence while others possess more than they can enjoy.
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