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Wantonness

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Noun

1. abandon, unconstraint, wantonness

the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

Example Sentences:
'she danced with abandon'

2. licentiousness, wantonness

the quality of being lewd and lascivious

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wantonness

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adjective
1. 
dissolute, licentious, or immoral
2. 
without motive, provocation, or justification
wanton destruction
3. 
maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive
4. 
unrestrained
wanton spending
5. archaic or poetic
playful or capricious
6. archaic
(of vegetation, etc) luxuriant or superabundant
noun
7. 
a licentious person, esp a woman
8. 
a playful or capricious person
verb
9. (intransitive)
to behave in a wanton manner
10. (transitive)
to squander or waste

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Wantonness

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adjective
1.  Obsolete
undisciplined; unmanageable
a wanton child
2. 
a. 
sexually loose or unrestrained
a wanton woman
b.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
frisky; playful; frolicsome
c.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
capricious; unrestrained
wanton winds
3. 
senseless, unprovoked, unjustifiable, or deliberately malicious
wanton cruelty, a wanton insult
4. 
recklessly or arrogantly ignoring justice, decency, morality, etc.
wanton disregard of human rights
5. 
a.  Rare
luxuriant
said of vegetation, etc.
b. 
lavish, luxurious, or extravagant
said of speech, dress, etc.
noun
6. 
a wanton person or thing; esp., a sexually loose or unrestrained woman
verb intransitive
7. 
to be wanton in behavior, action, manner, etc.
verb transitive
8. 
to waste carelessly or in luxurious pleasures

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wantonness

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adj.
1.
a. Lascivious or promiscuous. Used especially of women.
b. Exciting or expressing sexual desire: a wanton pose.
2. Marked by unprovoked, gratuitous maliciousness; capricious and unjust: wanton destruction.
3. Unrestrainedly excessive: wanton extravagance.
4. Luxuriant; overabundant: wanton tresses.
5. Frolicsome; playful: a wanton fawn.
6. Obsolete Rebellious; refractory.
intr.v. wan·toned, wan·ton·ing, wan·tons
1. To behave in a wanton manner; act lasciviously.
2. To move idly or playfully.
n.
One, especially a woman, who is licentious or promiscuous.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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