prodigality

The Void of Azuzel was originally designed to punish prodigality, avarice’s mirror image, and vanity, pride reflected back on itself.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2021

In point of extravagance and notoriety, the most celebrated of the feasts was that arranged by Tigellinus; which I shall describe as a type, instead of narrating time and again the monotonous tale of prodigality.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019

And her most resourceful construction is the novel itself, a feat of narrative prodigality that staves off, word by word, the destruction of an entire community.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2015

“Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.”

From Forbes ● Sep. 28, 2014

Laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

To reform the prodigalities of our predecessors is understood to be peculiarly our duty, and to bring the government to a simple and economical course.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Antonius, on the other hand, had forfeited the esteem of the Romans by his prodigalities, by his Oriental affectations, and by his slavery to Cleopatra.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

He made his debut in Bohemia, a region in the moral topography of Paris where he was known as "The Heir" by reason of certain premeditated prodigalities.

From Beatrix by Katharine Prescott Wormeley

We take no credit to ourselves for such precious prodigalities; for they are the inevitable and disinterested outpourings of affection.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

The provinces, depleted by imperial exactions, outwearied by the increasing number of accusers, whose accusations impoverishing them served only to multiply the prodigalities of their Caesar, revolted.

From Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus