licentiousness

2 definitions found

licentiousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]s), a. [L. licentiosus: cf. F.
     licencieux. See License.]
     1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive;
        abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious
        press.
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              A wit that no licentious pertness knows. --Savage.
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     2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral;
        dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a
        licentious life. "Licentious wickedness." --Shak.
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     Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous;
          ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose;
          sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
          [1913 Webster] -- Li*cen"tious*ly, adv. --
          Li*cen"tious*ness, n.
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licentiousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  licentiousness
      n 1: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn:
           licentiousness, wantonness]
      2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy,
         dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]