About The Word Frugality
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Frugality
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What's The Definition Of Frugality?
[n] prudence in avoiding waste
Synonyms | Synonyms for Frugality: frugalness Related Terms | Find terms related to Frugality: abnegation | austerity | austerity program | canniness | care | carefulness | chariness | cheeseparing | constraint | denial | economic planning | economicalness | economy | economy of assumption | economy of means | elegance | false economy | forbearance | forehandedness | frugalness | golden mean | good management | husbandry | law of parsimony | management | moderateness | moderation | nothing in excess | parsimoniousness | parsimony | pinching | providence | prudence | prudential administration | renouncement | renunciation | restraint | scrimping | self-control | self-denial | self-discipline | self-mastery | self-restraint | skimping | soberness | sobriety | sophrosyne | sparingness | stinting | temperance | temperateness | thrift | thriftiness | tight purse strings | unwastefulness See Also | economy | parsimoniousness | parsimony | penny-pinching | prudence | thrift | thriftiness Frugality In Webster's Dictionary \Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Frugalities}. [L. frugalitas:
cf. F. frugalit['e].]
1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful
management of anything valuable which expends nothing
unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable
purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
Frugality is founded on the principle that all
riches have limits. --Burke.
2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
Syn: Economy; parsimony. See {Economy}.
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