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lavishness

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as in generosity
the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money the lottery winner's friends were struck by the lavishness of his new lifestyle

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“Lavishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lavishness. Accessed 10 Dec. 2022.

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