profusion
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pro·fu·sion
(prə-fyū'zhən, prō-) 
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- The state of being profuse; abundance.
- Lavish or unrestrained expense; extravagance.
- A profuse outpouring or quantity: "A profusion of chiles-mild Anaheim to hot jalapeño-perks up everything" (Gene Bourg).
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profusion
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- Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality, profligacy, profuseness, squander, waste, wastefulness. See careful/careless, save/waste.
- A great deal: abundance, mass, mountain, much, plenty, wealth, world. Informal barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck2, pile. Regional power, sight. See big/small/amount.
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