Definition of Frugality

1. Noun. Prudence in avoiding waste.

Exact synonyms: Frugalness
Generic synonyms: Prudence
Specialized synonyms: Parsimoniousness, Parsimony, Penny-pinching, Thrift, Economy, Thriftiness
Derivative terms: Frugal, Frugal

Definition of Frugality

1. n. 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.

Definition of Frugality

1. Noun. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift. ¹

2. Noun. A sparing use; sparingness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frugality

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Frugality

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Literary usage of Frugality

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"... that of frugality. As every individual ought to have here the fame happi- ... The love of frugality limits the ..."

2. The Works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1825)
"The world his not yet learned the riches of frugality. ... Your late paper on frugality was very elegant and pleasing, but, in my opinion, not sufficiently ..."

3. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1879)
"The properties of exemplarity and frugality seem to Exemplarity pursue the same immediate end, though by different courses, frugality, in Both are occupied ..."

4. Environmental Theology by Richard Cartwright Austin (1990)
"Elegant frugality This title phrase was coined by an innovative physicist, Amory Lovins, to convey the ethical and aesthetic implications of energy ..."

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