What does profligation mean?
Profligation means (obsolete) defeat; rout; overthrow.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) defeat; rout; overthrow.
the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants
This is David's profligation and discomfiture of his enemies; this is an act of true honour, a true victory, a true triumph, to keep the field, to make good one station, and yet put the enemy to flight.
Is it for thee to excite Chritian princes (already too much gorged with blood) to the profligation and fearefull slaughter of their owne subjects?
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.
a site of constant exchange and transition, Columbus Circle is suspended in a state of marginal profligation through numerous fugitive concurrences .
The attorney for the defense defines obscene literature as a 'malicious writing on the subject of sex, dsigned and calculated to stir avid curiosity only in the mind of a minor person whi is incapable of exercising mature, independent judgment; deny the true function of the sexual instinct in a human body as that which is necessary for the procreation of the species or cause him to forget the same; turn the flesh into a tool of profligation and dissipation; and bring about irreparable injury to the mind and body of the minor,' and criticizes the decision of the previous court, asserting that the book in question was written with sincere intent.
No doubt Siraj had shown traits of ruthlessness, cruelty and profligation before he became a nawab.
This profligation of grant programs has tended to confuse objectives, recipients, and administrators.
Use profligation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Profligation means (obsolete) defeat; rout; overthrow.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants
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