Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wantonness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
--Gower.
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
turn them into wantonness. --Eikon
Basilike.
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for
wantonness. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
wantonness
n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from
inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: {abandon},
{unconstraint}]
2: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: {licentiousness},
{sexual immorality}]
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