profligation

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• Profligation — Prof li*ga tion, n. [L. profligatio.] Defeat; rout; overthrow. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• profligate — 1. adjective a) Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. b) Immoral; abandoned to vice. Syn: extravagant, wasteful, immoral, lic …   Wiktionary

• profligate — (adj.) 1520s, overthrown (implied in profligation), from L. profligatus destroyed, dissolute, pp. of profligare to cast down, defeat, ruin, from pro down, forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + fligere to strike (see AFFLICT (Cf. afflict …   Etymology dictionary