PROFLIGACY

profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness

(noun) dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

extravagance, prodigality, profligacy

(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

profligacy (countable and uncountable, plural profligacies)

(countable) Careless wastefulness.

(uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.

Synonyms

• profligateness

Source: Wiktionary


Prof"li*ga*cy, n. Etym: [See Profligate, a.]

Definition: The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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