profligation Now rare or Obs.
(prɒflɪˈgeɪʃən)
[ad. late L. prōflīgātiōn-em ruin, destruction, n. of action f. prōflīgāre: see profligate a.]
The action of ‘profligating’, overthrowing, routing; discomfiture, overthrow, rout; ruin, destruction.
| 1526 St. Papers Hen. VIII, I. 185 In the distressing of thEmperours army by see, and profligacion of the Lance⁓knightes. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 21 To the utter..extermination of Christ and his Gospell out of the kingdome, profligation of iustice and religion. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 150 Convenient for the profligation of diseases. 1815 Q. Rev. XIII. 351 A stern profligation of the opinions of many eminent..writers. |