Definition of Licentiousness. Meaning of Licentiousness. Synonyms of Licentiousness

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Definition of Licentiousness

Licentiousness
Licentious Li*cen"tious (-sh[u^]s), a. [L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See License.] 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press. A wit that no licentious pertness knows. --Savage. 2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. ``Licentious wickedness.' --Shak. Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. -- Li*cen"tious*ly, adv. -- Li*cen"tious*ness, n.

Meaning of Licentiousness from wikipedia

- is similar in meaning to "lewd", "indecent", "lecherous", "unchaste", "licentious", "libidinous" or "lustful". In American legal jargon, lascivious is a...
- Promiscuity is the practice of engaging in ****ual activity frequently with different partners or being indiscriminate in the choice of ****ual partners...
- due to Article 301 of China's 1997 Criminal Law which bans “group licentiousness”. In Canada, in a 2002 decision regarding a case in which three people...
- the case against: irreverence, scurrility, profanity, vilification and licentious abuse (London: Methuen, 1981) Edited, New approaches to Ruskin: thirteen...
- gives advice to a young man about channeling ****ual urges. Due to its licentious nature, it was not published in collections of his papers during the 19th...
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- material in art and literature". In 1864, Webster's Dictionary published "a licentious painting" as the meaning for ****, and the Oxford English Dictionary:...
- ironicist Alan Bennett, or self-lacerating diarist Kenneth Williams, than a licentious Mick Jagger or drugged-out Jim Morrison. — Paul A. Woods, 2007. In 1984...
- colonialist governments, who often suppressed local dance traditions as licentious or distracting. Dance in contemporary African cultures still serves its...