2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
A wit that no licentious pertness knows --Savage.
2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral;
dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as a licentious man; a
licentious life. ``Licentious wickedness.'' --Shak.
Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous;
ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose;
sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. --
{Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
licentiousness
n 1: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: {wantonness},
{sexual immorality}]
2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure [syn: {profligacy},
{dissipation}, {dissolution}]
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