/des'ti tooh"sheuhn, -tyooh"-/ , n.
1. lack of the means of subsistence; utter poverty.
2. deprivation, lack, or absence.
[ 1400-50; late ME destitution- (s. of destitutio ) an abandoning, equiv. to destitut ( us ) (see DESTITUTE) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1. See poverty .
Ant. 1. affluence.