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WANTONNESS

• WANTONNESS (noun)
The noun WANTONNESS has 2 senses:

1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry
2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious

Familiarity information: WANTONNESS used as a noun is rare.

• WANTONNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

abandon; unconstraint; wantonness

Context example:

she danced with abandon

Hypernyms ("wantonness" is a kind of...):

unrestraint (the quality of lacking restraint)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The quality of being lewd and lascivious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

licentiousness; wantonness

Hypernyms ("wantonness" is a kind of...):

immorality (the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct)

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(English proverb)
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(Albanian proverb)
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(Chinese proverb)
"What good serve candle and glasses, if the owl does not want to see."
(Dutch proverb)

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