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licentious
Definitions
(Adjective) behavior of a poor kindUsage: I am disgusted by your licentious behavior.
(Adjective) pertaining to lewd sexual conduct
Lacking in moral and sexual discipline, sexually unrestrained; immoral; lewd; lascivious; disregarding moral and legal codes.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin licentia , meaning license or liberty. Standard use in English since the 16 th century.
SYNONYMS: abandoned; amoral; animal; carnal; corrupt; debauched; depraved; desirous; disorderly; dissipated; dissolute; fast; fast and loose; fleshly; impure; incontinent; in the fast lane; lascivious; lax; lecherous; lewd; libertine; libidinous; lickerish; loose; lubricious; lustful; oversexed; profligate; promiscuous; relaxed; reprobate; salacious; satyric; scabrous; sensual; swinging; unbridled; unconstrained; uncontrollable; uncurbed; unmoral; unprincipled; unruly; wanton.
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