lavishmentn.
/ˈlavɪʃmənt/ Now rare.
The action of lavishing.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste
waste1297
spillingc1380
consuminga1538
profusion1545
lavishing1574
consumption1613
lavishment1630
frittering1795
uneconomicalness1817
wastry1830
wastage1885
ineconomy1897
haemorrhaging1967
1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects 44 Yet giuen to lavishment of their gettings, if they were not admonished by their Law.
1662 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Oriatrike 273 This..might..remain safe for a long time, without a lavishment of the health.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. iii. ii. 172 Let us suppose him..without any apparent Luxury or Lavishment in his Manners.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision I. xi. 45 Whoe'er..In reckless lavishment his talent wastes.
1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 137 To feel..That hope, nor love, nor fear..Can check the royal lavishment of life.
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