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licentiousness

li·cen·tious
L l

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lahy-sen-shuh s]
    • /laɪˈsɛn ʃəs/
    • /laɪˈsenʃəsnəs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lahy-sen-shuh s]
    • /laɪˈsɛn ʃəs/

Definitions of licentiousness word

  • adjective licentiousness sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd. 1
  • adjective licentiousness unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral. 1
  • adjective licentiousness going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules. 1
  • noun licentiousness The property of being licentious. 1
See all 4 definitions of licentiousness

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Origin of licentiousness

First appearance:

before 1525
One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1525-35, licentious is from the Latin word licentiōsus unrestrained. See license, -ous

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Parts of speech for Licentiousness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Licentiousness

licentiousness popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for licentiousness

noun licentiousness

  • impropriety — the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
  • dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
  • unruliness — not submissive or conforming to rule; ungovernable; turbulent; intractable; refractory; lawless: an unruly class; an unruly wilderness.
  • laxity — the state or quality of being lax; looseness.
  • anarchy — If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.
All 38 Synonyms of licentiousness

Antonyms for licentiousness

noun licentiousness

  • cowardice — Cowardice is cowardly behaviour.
  • humility — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
  • meekness — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
  • modesty — the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
  • order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
All 7 Antonyms of licentiousness

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