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All profligacy synonyms

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noun profligacy

  • lubricity — oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
  • decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
  • maleficence — the doing of evil or harm: the maleficence of thieves.
  • icing on the cake — a sweet mixture, cooked or uncooked, for coating or filling cakes, cookies, and the like; icing.
  • license — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
  • licence — license.
  • dissipation — the act of dissipating.
  • immoderation — lack of moderation.
  • licentiousness — sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
  • wildness — living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
  • full swing — full operation; greatest activity: For the first time in years the factory was in full swing. The meeting was in full swing when we arrived.
  • criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
  • corruption — Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
  • elbowroom — Sufficient space to have freedom of movement.
  • improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
  • intemperateness — The quality of being intemperate.
  • dissoluteness — indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
  • irresponsibilities — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • extravagance — Lack of restraint in spending money or use of resources.
  • free-living — following a way of life in which one freely indulges the appetites, desires, etc.
  • hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
  • irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
  • libertinism — libertine practices or habits of life; disregard of authority or convention in sexual or religious matters.
  • depravation — to make morally bad or evil; vitiate; corrupt.
  • indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
  • imprudence — not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash.
  • gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
  • malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.
  • depravity — Depravity is very dishonest or immoral behaviour.
  • independency — independence (def 1).
  • immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
  • looseness — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
  • overdoing — to do to excess; overindulge in: to overdo dieting.
  • freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
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