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Frugality

Frugality Meaning & Definition
Frugality Definition And Meaning

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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