| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |