VAGRANCY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("vagrancy" is a kind of...):

homelessness (the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets))

Derivation:

vagrant (continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another)