Definition of profligacy Profligacy

/pɹɔˈflɪgæˌsi/ - [profligatsee] -

We found 7 definitions of profligacy from 5 different sources.

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What does profligacy mean?

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Noun

Plural: profligacies

profligacy - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
  intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"
profligacy - the trait of spending extravagantly
  extravagance, prodigality
  improvidence, shortsightedness a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • profligacy (a.)
    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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  • profligacy
    Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.

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