Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Defeat; rout.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete Defeat; rout; overthrow.

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  • noun obsolete defeat; rout; overthrow

Etymologies

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Latin profligatio.

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Examples

  • Politics and power seem to be the overriding concern of the ruling body, as opposed to the prosperity and profligation of their people.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • Politics and power seem to be the overriding concern of the ruling body, as opposed to the prosperity and profligation of their people.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • Politics and power seem to be the overriding concern of the ruling body, as opposed to the prosperity and profligation of their people.

    STRANGE NEW WORLDS 10 Dean Wesley Smith 2007

  • Microsoft will help in the profligation of cloud computing as we know it, though I'm not sure if it has the ability to become the new ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • Microsoft will help in the profligation of cloud computing as we know it, though I'm not sure if it has the ability to become the new ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • Microsoft will help in the profligation of cloud computing as we know it, though I'm not sure if it has the ability to become the new ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

  • Microsoft will help in the profligation of cloud computing as we know it, though I'm not sure if it has the ability to become the new ...

    Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now 2008

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