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English Dictionary: wantonness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wantonness
n
  1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
    Synonym(s): abandon, wantonness, unconstraint
  2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious
    Synonym(s): licentiousness, wantonness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
      restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
      --Gower.
  
               The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
               turn them into wantonness.                     --Eikon
                                                                              Basilike.
  
               Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for
               wantonness.                                             --Shak.
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