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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]s), adjective [L. licentiosus: cf. F. licencieux. See {License}.]
1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
A wit that no licentious pertness knows. --Savage.
2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life. ''Licentious wickedness.'' --Shak.
Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. -- {Li*cen"tious*ly}, adverb -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
licentiously
adverb: in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously" [syn: {wantonly}, {promiscuously}]
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