Licentious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
  • adj. Having no regard for accepted rules or standards.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
  • adj. Disregarding accepted rules.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive.
  • adj. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Characterized by or using license; marked by or indulging too great freedom; overpassing due bounds or limits; excessive.
  • Specifically Unrestrained by law, religion, or morality; wanton; loose; dissolute; libidinous: as, a licentions person; licentious desires.
  • Synonyms Profligate, dissolute, debauched. See list under lascivious.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained
  • Equivalent
    unchaste   
    Antonym
    chaste    modest   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lax    ungovernable    dissolute    immoral    impure    lascivious    unrestrained    loose    unruly    sensual   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    immoral    profligate    indecent    lewd    barbarous    frivolous    wanton    impious    lawless    wicked