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profligacy

 
Dictionary: Prof·li·ga·cy

n.

[See Profligate, 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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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the trait of spending extravagantly
  Synonyms: extravagance, prodigality

Meaning #2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  Synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness


 
 
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