Synonym for: Profligacy.

See Definition for \aswtia\ 810 See Definition for \aselgeia\ 766

The fundamental idea of \aswtia\ is "wastefulness and riotous excess; of \aselgeia\, lawless insolence and wanton caprice" (Trench). \aswtia\ means reckless and extravagant expenditure, chiefly for the gratification of one's sensual desires. It denotes a dissolute, profligate course of life. In \aselgeiv\ also there is included the idea of profligacy, often of lasciviousness, but the fundamental thought is the acknowledging of no restraints, the insolent doing of whatever one's caprice may suggest.