The condition of being extremely poor:
beggary, destitution, impecuniosity, impecuniousness, indigence, need, neediness, pennilessness, penuriousness, penury, poverty, privation, want. See richThe depletion or sapping of strength or energy:
attenuation, debilitation, depletion, devitalization, enervation, enfeeblement. See strong
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