Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Destitution \Des`ti*tu"tion\, n. [L. destitutio a forsaking.]
   The state of being deprived of anything; the state or
   condition of being destitute, needy, or without resources;
   deficiency; lack; extreme poverty; utter want; as, the
   inundation caused general destitution.

Source : WordNet®

destitution
     n : a state without friends or money or prospects