Profligacy synonyms

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extravagance
An instance of excess in spending, behavior, or speech
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save (related)
(Professional wrestling, slang) A point in a professional wrestling match when one or more wrestlers run to the ring to aid a fellow wrestler who is being beaten.
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dissolution
Dissolution is defined as ending or breaking apart.
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libertinism
The state or quality of being libertine.
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license
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
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licentiousness
The property of being licentious.
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extravagancy
Something extravagant.
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lavishness
The state or characteristic of being lavish.
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profuseness
The quality of being profuse; profusion
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profusion
Lavish or unrestrained expense; extravagance.
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squander
Extravagant expenditure; prodigality.
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restraint (related)
A device or other means of limiting movement, used to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others.
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careful (related)
Excessive or imprudent expenditure
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dissipation
The loss of energy from a physical system, most often in the form of heat.
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looseness
A relaxed state regarding principles or accuracy.
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meanness (related)
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rapacity (related)
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ineptitude (related)
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greediness (related)
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imprudence (related)
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belligerence (related)
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Find another word for profligacy. In this page you can discover 25 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for profligacy, like: extravagance, dissoluteness, save, dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality and profuseness.
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Profligacy Sentence Examples

  • In Constantinople itself sedition and profligacy were rampant, the emperors were the tools of faction and cared but little for the interests of their subjects, whose lot was one of hopeless misery and depravity.

  • The ancient historians invariably note the profligacy of the inhabitants of Byzantium.

  • As a natural consequence of such licence, Munster was for twelve months a scene of unbridled profligacy.

  • The most important bill vetoed was the Dependent Pension Bill, a measure of extreme profligacy, opening the door, by the vagueness of its terms, to enormous frauds upon the treasury.

  • She is accused by Dio Cassius and Capitolinus of gross profligacy, and was reputed to have instigated the revolt of Avidius Cassius against her husband.

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