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Dissoluteness

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dis·so·lute  (ds-lt)
adj.
Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.
[Middle English, from Latin dissoltus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve; see dissolve.]
disso·lutely adv.
disso·luteness n.
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Noun1.dissoluteness - indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures
self-gratification, incontinence
indiscipline, undiscipline - the trait of lacking discipline
rakishness - the quality of a rake


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The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly and as it were merrily he advances to his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness.
Essays, First Series by Emerson, Ralph Waldo View in context
--not Luxury, Sensuality, Dissoluteness, which they often stand for, but the three dry letters.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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