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wanton
Definitions
(Adjective) extravagant, lawless, unrestrained(Adjective) The antonym of chaste
Immoral; unchaste; licentious; lewd; sexually promiscuous.
2. Concise Oxford Cpomendium : ' Literary: an immoral or licentious person, esp. a woman.'
Rosalie Maggio. Dictionary of Bias-Free Usage (1991): ' This tends to be reserved for women, holding them to a higher arbitrary moral standard than men. If you must use it, do so gender-fairly to describe behavior but not people ("they behaved wantonly," but not "they were wanton").
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