What does licentiousness mean?
Definitions for licentiousness
li·cen·tious·ness
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Princeton's WordNet
licentiousness, wantonnessnoun
the quality of being lewd and lascivious
profligacy, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, loosenessnoun
dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
Wiktionary
licentiousnessnoun
The property of being licentious.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Licentiousnessnoun
Boundless liberty; contempt of just restraint.
Etymology: from licentious.
One error is so fruitful, as it begetteth a thousand children, if the licentiousness thereof be not timely restrained. Ral.
This custom has been always looked upon, by the wisest men, as an effect of licentiousness, and not of liberty. Jonathan Swift.
During the greatest licentiousness of the press, the character of the queen was insulted. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
licentiousness
Lascivious behavior is sexual behavior or conduct that is considered crude and offensive, or contrary to local moral or other standards of appropriate behavior. In this sense "lascivious" is similar in meaning to "lewd", "indecent", "lecherous", "unchaste", "licentious" or "libidinous".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of licentiousness in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of licentiousness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of licentiousness in a Sentence
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Liberty and happiness have a powerful enemy on each hand; on the one hand tyranny, on the other licentiousness [anarchy]. To guard against the latter, it is necessary to give the proper powers to government; and to guard against the former, it is necessary that those powers should be properly distributed.
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