noun
- A state of complete lack of some abstract property.
- usage: "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"
- Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due.
- usage: "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
- synonyms: failure
- A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent. .
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