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noun
Careless wastefulness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: extravagance, profligateness, spendthrift, imprudence, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, recklessness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Shameless and immoral behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: vice
Antonyms: none provided
noun
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
noun
the trait of spending extravagantly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: extravagance, prodigality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: improvidence, shortsightedness
History
From proflig(ate) + -acy (with -acy a suffixal construction from -ate + -cy), from Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of Latin prōflīgō, from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) (whence pro-).
Across languages
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
