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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Wantonness

· Wan·ton·ness · IPA
01 n. The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
  1. 1.
    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.” — Eikon Basilike.
    “Young gentlemen would be as sad as night Only for wantonness.” Shak.