licentiousness
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li·cen·tious
(lī-sĕn′shəs)adj.
1. Lacking moral restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
2. Archaic Ignoring accepted rules or standards, as of prescriptive grammar.
[Latin licentiōsus, from licentia, freedom, license; see license.]
li·cen′tious·ly adv.
li·cen′tious·ness n.
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| Noun | 1. |  licentiousness - the quality of being lewd and lasciviousimmorality - the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction" |
| 2. | licentiousness - dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure intemperateness, self-indulgence, intemperance - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" |
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licentiousness
nounExcessive freedom; lack of restraint:
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