'Licentiousness' definitions:
Definition of 'licentiousness'
From: WordNet
noun
The quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: licentiousness, wantonness]
noun
Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness]
Definition of 'Licentiousness'
From: GCIDE
- Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]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] -- {Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]