3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Frugality \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. [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: frugality n : prudence in avoiding waste [syn: {frugalness}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 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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