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n.

The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. Gower.

The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness.
Eikon Basilike.

Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness.
Shak.
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noun

    A complete surrender of inhibitions: abandon, abandonment, incontinence, unrestraint, wildness. See restraint/unrestraint.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry
  Synonyms: abandon, unconstraint

Meaning #2: the quality of being lewd and lascivious
  Synonyms: licentiousness, sexual immorality

 
 
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