licentiousness

li·cen·tious

 (lī-sĕn′shəs)

adj.

1. Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.

2. Archaic Ignoring accepted rules or standards, as of prescriptive grammar.

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[Latin licentiōsus, from licentia, freedom, license; see license.]

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li·cen′tious·ly adv.

li·cen′tious·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	licentiousness - the quality of being lewd and lascivious wantonness immorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
	2.	licentiousness - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure dissipation, profligacy, dissolution, looseness intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language"

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licentiousness

noun

Excessive freedom; lack of restraint:

dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, profligacy.

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Translations

licenziositàlicenziosit...

licentiousness

n → Unmoral f, → Unzüchtigkeit f; (of book) → Freizügigkeit f; (of look) → Lüsternheit f

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