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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 1.6 [wn]:
frugality
n : prudence in avoiding waste [syn: {frugalness}]
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