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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
frugality \frugal"ity\, 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.
1913 webster
frugality is founded on the principle that all
riches have
limits. --burke.
1913 webster
2. a sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
syn: economy; parsimony. see economy.
1913 webster
see also:
frugalities economy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
frugality
n : prudence in avoiding waste syn: frugalness
see also:
frugalness
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
55 moby thesaurus words for "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
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