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a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home
NAmE//ˌprɑdəˈɡælət̮i//
noun [uncountable] They criticized the prodigality of the administration.See prodigal in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: prodigal