licentiousness

[ lahy-sen-shuhs-nis ]

/ laɪˈsɛn ʃəs nɪs /

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noun

a throwing off of sexual restraint; lewd character or behavior: The Hays Code tried to stamp out all lust and licentiousness in American film.

wanton disregard or transgression of laws, rules, or moral norms: Freedom entails responsibilities, or else it degenerates into licentiousness.

Origin of licentiousness

licentious + -ness

OTHER WORDS FROM licentiousness

non·li·cent·ious·ness, nouno·ver·li·cent·ious·ness, nounun·li·cen·tious·ness, noun

Words nearby licentiousness

licensee, license plate, licensure, licentiate, licentious, licentiousness, licet, lich, lichee, lichen, lichenic acid

Example sentences from the Web for licentiousness

But the show is deeply concerned with her growing up as a proxy for American capitalism and licentiousness.
‘Mad Men,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Americans’: Reading Prestige TV Dramas as YA Fiction|Alyssa Rosenberg|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This enabled him to resist courageously the deceitful pleasures produced by licentiousness and debaucheries.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867.|E. Rameur
The licentiousness of the press helps to destroy everything stable in governments.
Catholic World, Vol. XIII, April to September, 1871|Various
And this shows the mistake of those who imagine that friendship gives a privilege to licentiousness and sin.
Treatises on Friendship and Old Age|Marcus Tullius Cicero

Its subjects were, the infidelity and licentiousness of that age.
Young's Night Thoughts|Edward Young
In our days the increase of licentiousness is but the result of having rejected the Truth of God.
The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein