Hypertext Webster Gateway: "frugality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Frugality is founded on the principle that all
riches have limits. --Burke.
2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.
Syn: Economy; parsimony. See {Economy}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
frugality
n : prudence in avoiding waste [syn: {frugalness}]
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