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- pronunciation:
- laI
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, esp. with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd.
Kissing in public or without being engaged would have been considered licentious behavior by many in the nineteenth century.- synonyms:
- dissolute, libertine
- antonyms:
- continent, moral
- similar words:
- abandoned, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lubricious, profligate, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton
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| related words: |
bawdy, corrupt, lewd, loose, obscene, perverted, wanton |
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| derivations: |
licentiously (adv.), licentiousness (n.) |
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