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FRUGALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Prudence in avoiding waste
Synonyms:
frugality; frugalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("frugality" is a kind of...):
prudence (discretion in practical affairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frugality"):
parsimoniousness; parsimony; penny-pinching; thrift (extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily)
economy; thriftiness (frugality in the expenditure of money or resources)
Derivation:
frugal (avoiding waste)
