as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money warned their spendthrift daughter that she would eventually pay the price for her extravagancy

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Noun
  • Inspired by the Bedouin tradition of generosity, which involves welcoming guests with food, drink, and open hospitality, Killa sought to evoke the feeling of being invited into a private home or aboard a luxurious yacht.
    Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But, the most remarkable outpouring of generosity has come from the workers themselves, engaging in collective action to assist their colleagues.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing in his filmography suggests the sort of comprehensive extravagance that this film delivers from start to finish.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
  • There are grand old-fashioned song and dance spectacles but also solo numbers that do fine without any extravagance.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Other surgeries have been postponed or canceled because of lack of profusion team staffers, who operate the heart-lung machine while a patient is under anesthesia, the Palmetto General doctor said.
    Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Within a month, Turning Point would receive a profusion of six-figure donations from Dunn and others.
    Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
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“Extravagancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extravagancy. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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