NOUN | communication | beggary, begging, mendicancy | a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
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state | beggary, mendicancy, mendicity | the state of being a beggar or mendicant |
Meaning | A solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person). | |
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Synonyms | begging, mendicancy | |
Broader | solicitation | An entreaty addressed to someone of superior status |
Spanish | mendicidad | |
Catalan | capta, mendicitat | |
Verbs | beg | call upon in supplication |
beg | make a solicitation / solicitation or entreaty for something | |
beg | ask to obtain free |
Meaning | The state of being a beggar or mendicant. | |
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Synonyms | mendicancy, mendicity | |
Broader | indigence, need, penury, pauperism, pauperization | A state of extreme / extreme poverty or destitution |
Spanish | mendicidad |
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