[syn: licentiousness, wantonness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
--Gower.
[1913 Webster]
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
turn them into wantonness. --Eikon
Basilike.
[1913 Webster]
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wantonness
n 1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom
from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn:
abandon, wantonness, unconstraint]
2: the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn:
licentiousness, wantonness]