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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Licentious

/(-shŭs)/ · Li·cen·tious · IPA /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/
01 a. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
  1. 1.
    Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious press.
    “A wit that no licentious pertness knows.” — Savage.
  2. 2.
    Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a licentious life.
Syn. Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.