beggary

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Noun beggary has 2 senses

beggary, begging, mendicancy - a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person)
--₁ is a kind of solicitation

Derived forms: verb beg₃, verb beg₂, verb beg₁
indigence, need, penury, beggary, pauperism, pauperization - a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the homeless"
--₂ is a kind of poverty, poorness, impoverishment

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