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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Acting without regard to law, ethics, or the rights of others.

The term licentiousness is often used interchangeably with lewdness or lasciviousness, which relate to moral impurity in a sexual context.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quality of being lewd and lascivious
  Synonyms: wantonness, sexual immorality

Meaning #2: dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure
  Synonyms: profligacy, dissipation, dissolution


 
 

 

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