Profligacy: alternatives and connections

The quality of being improvident; want of foresight or thrift.

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The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passio…

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The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking.

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Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

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To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

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To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored.

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The act of dissipating or dispersing; a state of dispersion or separation; dispersion; waste.

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The act of dissolving, sundering, or separating into component parts; separation.

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A wandering beyond proper limits; an excursion or sally from the usual way, course, or limit.

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The state, condition, or quality, of being loose; as, the looseness of a cord; looseness of style; looseness of morals or of principles.

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Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.

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