profligation

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin prōflīgātiō, from prōflīgō + -tiō, from prō- (“forward”, (whence pro-)) +‎ flīgō (“to strike, dash”) +‎ -ō. By surface analysis, profligate +‎ -ion. === Noun === profligation (countable and uncountable, plural profligations) (obsolete) defeat; rout; overthrow 1609 (revised 1625), Francis Bacon, De Sapientia Veterum ('Wisdom of the Ancients') the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants Licentiousness; lewd behavior. The quality of being profligate; extravagance; overabundance.