Profligacy \Prof"li*ga*cy\, n. [See {Profligate}, a.] The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness.
profligacy n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: {extravagance}, {prodigality}] 2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {dissipation}, {dissolution}, {licentiousness}]