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🌪️ Lack of restraint 😈 Sexual immorality
wantonness

wantonness

1 9.9
Sexual behaviour that many people find rude
  • noun
  • /ˈwɑːntənnəs/
  • NSFW
translation icon : lascivia
  • Wit with his wantonness tasteth death's bitterness.

Are, bear with me, lasciviousness, wantonness and intemperance.

Examples

  • The novel explores themes of wantonness, highlighting the main character's morally unrestrained behavior in pursuit of pleasure.

  • She might even goad him on to kill her because of her wantonness, and then he would be pursued by his conscience, maybe.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I've spent my time in lust and wantonness and unclean acts.

    What Price Hollywood? (1932)

  • She named him Luther after her father, who had thrown her out of his house for her wantonness, which made her rather proud of him for his stern stand on righteousness.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Each time twins are born, the first-born should be put to death, lest he or she remind everyone of the mother's immodesty and wantonness.

    Academic text (2001)

  • She confessed to all her sins, past and present: drunkenness, waste, lust, wantonness—the latter two Little Vern had never suspected.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Her wantonness was evident in her flirtatious actions, which shocked the more conservative members of the community.

  • The artist depicted scenes of wantonness, showcasing characters living without moral constraints during a wild party.

Synonyms

lechery
vswantonness
  • Offensive
4 9.6

Strong desire for sex and actions that offend other people

is about being morally unrestrained or openly lewd rather than only desire
licentiousness
vswantonness
  • NSFW
2 9.9

A lack of moral control over sexual behavior

is the broader state of sexual immodesty and moral looseness
lasciviousness
vswantonness
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A strong sexual desire that many people find offensive

is the general condition of sexual immodesty and moral looseness
prurience
vswantonness
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A strong, improper interest in sex or sexual details

is about outward immodesty or moral looseness rather than mere interest
lustfulness
vswantonness
  • NSFW
1 7.2

A strong desire to have sex with someone

focuses on lewdness and moral unrestrained behavior rather than desire
lecherousness
vswantonness
  • Offensive
9.9

Strong sexual desire shown in an inappropriate way

is broader denoting immodesty and moral looseness not only desire
libidinousness
vswantonness
  • NSFW
9.9

A strong desire to have sex

is about sexual immodesty and moral looseness rather than mere desire
dissoluteness
vswantonness
  • Formal
9.9

A lack of moral control that makes a person enjoy too many physical pleasures

is specific to sexual immodesty rather than general sensual excess

Antonyms

decency
155 3.0

Polite, respectful behavior that follows common social rules

modesty
15 3.8

Dressing or behaving to avoid attracting attention and not show off

How Lascivious

promiscuity
  • NSFW
18 7.9
wantonness
  • NSFW
1 9.9
lewdness
  • Offensive
4 7.9
impropriety
  • Formal
19 8.1
modesty
15 3.8

Surface Forms

wantonness singular
wantonnesses plural

Morphology

wantonness = wanton (transparent) = wanton + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'wanton' produces the noun meaning 'the state of being sexually immodest' in this sense; the morphological formation is regular.

Etymology

Wantonness comes from an old word meaning 'lack' and is related to want. Over time the idea of being 'without restraint' came to describe bold sexual behaviour, so wantonness can mean being sexually unrestrained.