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wanton

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wanton rate
(Adjective) extravagant, lawless, unrestrained
wanton rate
(Adjective) The antonym of chaste
wanton rate
(Adult / Slang)
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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