frugality

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French frugalité. By surface analysis, frugal + -ity.

1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy.

   “Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy”

   “Your sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible; and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that—”

2. A sparing use; sparingness.