Definitions of profligacy [ˈprɒf lɪ gə si]

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Definition of 'profligacy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) profligacy
shameless dissoluteness.

2. profligacy
reckless extravagance.

3. profligacy
great abundance.

Etymology: (1730–40)

Definition of 'profligacy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) extravagance, prodigality, profligacy
the trait of spending extravagantly

2. (noun) profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure

Definition of 'profligacy'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) profligacy
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

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