Profligacy Synonyms

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Synonyms for Profligacy

lavishness
The state or characteristic of being lavish.
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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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extravagance
An instance of excess in spending, behavior, or speech
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license
The legal terms under which a person is allowed to use a product, especially software.
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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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extravagancy
Something extravagant.
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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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licentiousness
The property of being licentious.
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save
(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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rapacity
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restraint
A device or other means of limiting movement, used to prevent the infliction of harm to self or others.
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careful
Excessive or imprudent expenditure
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meanness
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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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