wantonness
n. quality or state of being wanton; recklessness; licentiousness; squandering | ||||
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Wantonness Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Wantonness
(n.)
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
(n.)
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
| WordNet 2.0 |
wantonness
Noun
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
(synonym) abandon, unconstraint
(hypernym) unrestraint
2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious
(synonym) licentiousness
(hypernym) immorality
Noun
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon"
(synonym) abandon, unconstraint
(hypernym) unrestraint
2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious
(synonym) licentiousness
(hypernym) immorality
| hEnglish - advanced version |
wantonness
wantonness
\wan"ton*ness\, n. the quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. the tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. young gentlemen would be as sad as night only for wantonness.
wantonness
n
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, unconstraint]
2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: licentiousness, sexual immorality]
wantonness
\wan"ton*ness\, n. the quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness. the tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness. young gentlemen would be as sad as night only for wantonness.
wantonness
n
1. the trait of lacking restraint or control; freedom from inhibition or worry; "she danced with abandon" [syn: abandon, unconstraint]
2. the quality of being lewd and lascivious [syn: licentiousness, sexual immorality]
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wantonness
Recklessness.
Recklessness.
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Anlladedd
Anlladedd = n. wantonness
Anlladedd = n. wantonness
Arial
Arial = n. vigour, wantonness
Gwinged
Gwinged = n. wriggling; wantonness
Malldod
Malldod = n. softness; wantonness; insipidity; a blast
Malledd
Malledd = n. soft state; a blasted state, wantonness
Maswedd
Maswedd = n. languor, levity, wantonness
Rhwys
Rhwys = n. vigour; wantonness; luxurance
Tesach
Tesach = n. heat; wantonness
Wantonness Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Wantonness
A licentious act by one man towards the person of another without regard to his rights; as, for example, if a man should attempt to pull off another's hat against his will in order to expose him to ridicule, the offence would be an assault, and if he touched him it would amount to a battery.
In such case there would be no malice, but the wantonness of the act would render the offending party liable to punishment.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A licentious act by one man towards the person of another without regard to his rights; as, for example, if a man should attempt to pull off another's hat against his will in order to expose him to ridicule, the offence would be an assault, and if he touched him it would amount to a battery.
In such case there would be no malice, but the wantonness of the act would render the offending party liable to punishment.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.