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

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

Careful and very shrewd in managing his secret prodigalities, he disputed all purchases as only churchmen can dispute.

From Sons of the Soil by Honoré de Balzac

"I bear no ill-will toward M. Fouquet; I only dreaded his prodigalities."

From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père

This was the honeymoon; and, as he declared himself, this life of prodigalities could not last.

From Other People's Money by Émile Gaboriau

He who knows how to turn his prodigalities to good account practices a large and noble economy.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson