licentiousness

Other forms: licentiousnesses

Definitions of licentiousness
  1. noun
    the quality of being lewd and lascivious
    synonyms: wantonness
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    type of:
    immorality
    the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct
  2. noun
    dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
    synonyms: dissipation, dissolution, looseness, profligacy
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    type of:
    decadence, intemperance, intemperateness, self-indulgence
    excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
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