Last Updated：2025/11/21

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning. / (now rare) Discharge from office; dismissal. / The condition of lacking something.

音声機能が動作しない場合はこちらをご確認ください

See correct answer

destitution

Edit Histories（0）

Source Word

destitution

IPA(Pronunciation)

/dɛstɪˈtuːʃən/

Noun

countable obsolete uncountable archaic

Japanese Meaning

見捨てる行為（現在は古語・廃用語） / 解任、解職（現在は稀な用法） / 欠如、欠乏状態

What is this buttons?

The captain's log recorded the sailor's destitution, the unforgivable action of abandoning his post during the storm.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

船長の日誌にはその水兵の職務放棄が記録されており、嵐の最中に持ち場を離れたことは許されない行為とされていた。

Details

Sense（1）

(obsolete) The action of deserting or abandoning.

Sense（2）

(now rare) Discharge from office; dismissal.

Sense（3）

The condition of lacking something.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

Sense（4）

An extreme state of poverty, in which a person is almost completely lacking in resources or means of support.

Destitution forces many asylum seekers to end up working for extremely low wages in catering, cleaning and construction, for example, without any protection against unscrupulous employers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Details

destitutions

（ plural ）

Details

destitution

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Login / Sign up

Download the app!

destitution

Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

Login / Sign up

Login

──── or ────

Sign up

──── or ────

Download the app!