Licentiousness
[laɪ'sɛnʃəsnɪs]
Examples
- But now my boasted independence was daily instigating me to acts of tyranny, and freedom was becoming licentiousness. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- But they cannot be allowed to live in licentiousness; that is an unholy thing, which the rulers are determined to prevent. Plato. The Republic.
- But his nature was too serious, not gay enough or subtle enough for mocking licentiousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His licentiousness was repulsively attractive. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When they were alone in the darkness, she felt the strange, licentiousness of him hovering upon her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But upon my honour, there seems no limits to the licentiousness of that woman's tongue! Jane Austen. Emma.
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