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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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