wantonness

  • 1Wantonness — Wan ton*ness, n. The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower. [1913 Webster] The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. Eikon Basilike.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2wantonness — index delinquency (misconduct), vice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3wantonness — is spelt with two ns …

    Modern English usage

  • 4wantonness — noun a) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior. The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness. b) A… …

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  • 5wantonness — wanton ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a cruel or violent action) deliberate and unprovoked. 2) sexually immodest or promiscuous. 3) literary growing profusely; luxuriant. ► NOUN archaic ▪ a sexually immodest or promiscuous woman. DERIVATIVES wantonly adverb …

    English terms dictionary

  • 6wantonness — noun see wanton I …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7wantonness — See wantonly. * * * …

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  • 8wantonness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A complete surrender of inhibitions: abandon, abandonment, incontinence, unrestraint, wildness. See RESTRAINT …

    English dictionary for students

  • 9wantonness — wan·ton·ness || wÉ‘ntÉ™nɪs / wÉ’n n. quality or state of being wanton; recklessness; licentiousness; squandering …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 10wantonness — n licentiousness, looseness, dissoluteness, dissipation, profligacy, debauchery, rakishness; lechery, lubricity, lust, libidinousness, salaciousness, salacity, promiscuity; abandon, unrestraint, self indulgence, intemperance, incontinence …

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