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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
licentious \licen"tious\ -shu^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.
      1913 webster

            a wit that no licentious pertness knows. --savage.
      1913 webster

   2. unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral;
      dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a
      licentious life. "licentious wickedness." --shak.
      1913 webster

   syn: unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous;
        ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose;
        sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
        1913 webster -- licen"tiously, adv. --
        licen"tiousness, n.
        1913 webster
see also:
license licen"tiously licen"tiousness 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
licentiousness
     n 1: the quality of being lewd and lascivious syn: wantonness
     2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure syn: profligacy,
         dissipation, dissolution
see also:
wantonness profligacy dissipation dissolution 

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