libertinism

  • 121debauchery — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Dissipation] Syn. intemperance, carousal, revelry, profligacy; see indulgence 3 . 2. [Seduction] Syn. lasciviousness, lechery, libertinism; see deSire 3 , lewdness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [di BAW …

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  • 122dissolution — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disintegration] Syn. resolution, destruction, decomposition; see decay 1 , disappearance . 2. [Termination] Syn. ending, adjournment, dismissal; see end 2 . 3. [Death] Syn. release, demise, extinction; see death 1 . II… …

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  • 123fornication — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. adultery, illicit intercourse, unlicensed intercourse, promiscuousness, extramarital sex, premarital sex, incontinence, carnality, lechery, unchastity, lewdness, lubricity, libidinousness, licentiousness, venery,… …

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  • 124dissoluteness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness, profligacy. See RESTRAINT …

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  • 125licentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, profligacy. See RESTRAINT …

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  • 126profligacy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness. See RESTRAINT. 2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality,… …

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  • 127risqué — [[t]rɪ̱skeɪ, AM rɪske͟ɪ[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe something as risqué, you mean that it is slightly rude because it refers to sex. But the risqué headlines don t necessarily reflect a new sexual libertinism in Britain. Syn: racy …

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  • 128libertine — [ lɪbəti:n, tɪn, tʌɪn] noun 1》 a person who is freely indulgent in sensual pleasures. 2》 a freethinker in matters of religion. adjective 1》 characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures. 2》 freethinking. Derivatives libertinage noun …

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