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    FRUGALNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Prudence in avoiding wasteplay

    Synonyms:

    frugality; frugalness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("frugalness" is a kind of...):

    prudence (discretion in practical affairs)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "frugalness"):

    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)

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