wantonness

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The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior

The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness.

A particular wanton act

These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.

recklessness
{n} licentiousness, lust, waggery
The property of being wanton
{i} quality or state of being wanton; recklessness; licentiousness; squandering
the quality of being lewd and lascivious
the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness
ragery
wantonhead
wantonhood
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Undisciplined, unruly; not able to be controlled

As Flies to wanton Boyes are we to th' Gods, / They kill vs for their sport.

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An overly playful person
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To act wantonly; become wanton
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Extravagant, unrestrained; excessive (of speech or thought)

But do not think it argues change of temper since I wrote the Frère review, or a wanton praise of one man and blame of another.

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A lewd or immoral person, especially a prostitute
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Capricious, reckless of morality, justice etc.; acting without regard for the law or the well-being of others; gratuitous

these developments in Gaza are a consequence of the state of siege that the tiny territory has been under – a society that has been fenced-in, starved, and seen its very fabric torn apart by unemployment and wanton military destruction.

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Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste

I know I ought never to have dreamt of sending that valentine—forgive me, sir—it was a wanton thing which no woman with any self-respect should have done.

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Self-indulgent, fond of excess; luxurious

the market price will rise more or less above the natural price, according as either the greatness of the deficiency, or the wealth and wanton luxury of the competitors, happen to animate more or less the eagerness of the competition.

wanton
A pampered or coddled person
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A self-indulgent person, fond of excess
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Playful, sportive; being merry or carefree (often used figuratively)

The grave simplicity of the philosopher was ill calculated to engage her wanton levity, of to fix that unbounded passion for variety, which often discovered personal merit in the meanest of mankind.

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licentious
wanton
{v} to revel, frisk, play lasciviously, toy
wanton
{n} a strumpet, whoremonger, trifler
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{a} licentious, lustful, loose, sportive
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{a} giglet
sexual wantonness
recklessness in sexual behavior
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{f} act lewd; behave wildly; waste irresponsibly
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indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
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cruel for no reason
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{i} lewd or lascivious person; pampered person; one who is flirtatious
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Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous
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To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously
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casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
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abundant and luxuriant
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unprovoked or capriciously violent or malicious
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to waste or squander, especially in pleasure (often with away)
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A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman
wanton
lewd or lascivious woman behave extremely cruelly and brutally engage in amorous play spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away" indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
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Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief
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One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet
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lewd or lascivious woman
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disapproval If someone describes a woman as wanton, they disapprove of her because she clearly enjoys sex or has sex with a lot of men. the idea that only wanton women have sexual passions
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{s} spiteful; arbitrary, unjustified; reckless, lawless; immoral, obscene; permissive; mischievous, playful; wasteful
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a wanton person
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A wanton action deliberately causes harm, damage, or waste without having any reason to. this unnecessary and wanton destruction of our environment
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a prostitute
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To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness
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A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; used rarely as a term of endearment
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engage in amorous play
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become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
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Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute
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undisciplined
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To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic
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sexually open/free
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waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently
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lewd or immoral
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spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
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Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive
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occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F D Roosevelt
wanton
lewd or lascivious woman behave extremely cruelly and brutally engage in amorous play spend wastefully; "wanton one's money away"
wanton
behave extremely cruelly and brutally
wantonness

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    [ 'won-t&n, 'w&au ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English, from wan- deficient, wrong, mis- + towen, past participle of teen to draw, train, discipline, from Old English tEon; more at TOW.
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