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Webster 1913 Edition
Wantonness
Wan′ton-ness
,Noun.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
Gower.
The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into
wantonness
. Eikon Basilike.
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for
Only for
wantonness
. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Wantonness
WANTONNESS
,Noun.
1.
Sportiveness; gaiety; frolicsomeness; waggery.--As sad as night, only for wantonness.
2.
Licentiousness; negligence of restraint.The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and turn them into wantonness.
3.
Lasciviousness; lewdness. Romans 8. II Peter 2.