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destitution

Divide destitution into syllables:

des · ti · tu · tion

How to pronounce destitution:

Synonyms for destitution:

beggary
deprivation
dire straits
distress
impecuniousness
impoverishment
indigence
misery
necessity
neediness
pauperism
pennilessness
penury
poorness
poverty
privation
utter poverty
want

Antonyms for destitution:

abundance
adequacy
advantage
affluence
ampleness
amplitude
benefit
blessing
boom
bountifulness
bounty
bunch
bundle
capital
comfort
copiousness
cornucopia
ease
enough
excess
exorbitance
extravagance
feast
fertility
fill
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