profligacy

Meaning

  1. (countable) Careless wastefulness.
  2. (uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.

Synonyms

dissipation
debauchery
26k
licentiousness
immorality
35k
libertinism
wastefulness
extravagance
31k
prodigality
misconduct
C2
looseness
dissolution
32k
debauched
47k
rakishness
lechery
47k
profligateness
waste
B1
lewdness
coquetry
debauch
depravity
27k
excess
C2
flirting
C1
improvidence
lasciviousness
bawdiness
splurge
36k
squander
25k
squandering
39k
wantonness

violent conduct

incontinence
42k
Translations

Ausschweifung
dissolutezza
débauche

ακολασία

Lasterhaftigkeit

devassidão
dissolução

llibertinatge

depravazione
dissolució
dévergondage
Verschwendung
Exzess
dissolution
Liederlichkeit
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈpɹɑflɪɡəsi/
Etymology

From profligate + -cy.

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