frugality








noun

  1. the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
n.

1530s, from Middle French frugalité (14c.), from Latin frugalitatem (nominative frugalitas) “thriftiness, temperance, frugality,” from frugalis (see frugal).

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