licentiousness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: licentiousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for licentiousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
licentiousness n the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: licentiousness, wantonness] dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure Synonym(s): profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Licentious \Licen"tious\ (-sh[ucr]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. [bd]Licentious wickedness.[b8] --Shak. Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. -- {Licen"tiously}, adv. -- {Licen"tious*ness}, n.