Profligation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    defeat; rout; overthrow countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants"

  2. 2
    Licentiousness; lewd behavior. countable, uncountable

    "I've seen your player show folks, and such like wiggeling and waggeling, and chattering about London pride, and London profligation, and what not – Now I think, if one of them was just to set about talking a little of London kindheartedness and London charity, it would be rather more truerer, and quite as becoming."

  3. 3
    The quality of being profligate; extravagance; overabundance. countable, uncountable

    "This profligation of grant programs has tended to confuse objectives, recipients, and administrators."

Example

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"the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōflīgātiō.

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