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Definition of Licentiousness
1. Noun. The quality of being lewd and lascivious.
2. Noun. Dissolute indulgence in sensual pleasure.
Generic synonyms: Intemperance, Intemperateness, Self-indulgence
Derivative terms: Dissipate, Licentious, Loose
Definition of Licentiousness
1. Noun. The property of being licentious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Licentiousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Licentiousness
Literary usage of Licentiousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, Henry Hart Milman (1899)
"licentiousness OF THI ARMY. GENERAL STATE OF THE ROMAN FINANCES. THE ascent to
greatness, however steep and dangerous, may entertain an active spirit with ..."
2. The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline & Fall of the by William Russell, Charles Coote (1822)
"Steele freed English comedy from the licentiousness of former writers. If he had
not all the wit of Con- greve, or the humour of Vanbrugh, ..."
3. The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788 by Hugh Blair Grigsby (1890)
"Can peace exist with injustice, licentiousness, insecurity and oppression? ...
He argued at length to prove that the excessive licentiousness which has ..."
4. Utah and the Mormons: The History, Government, Doctrines, Customs, and by Benjamin G. Ferris (1854)
"It was a strange combination of incongruous materials; a festering mass of
arrogance, discontent, hypocrisy, chicanery, licentiousness, and crime; ..."
5. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"every possible opportunity is offered for the indulgence of licentiousness amidst
the seclusion of the plantation,—where there is no fear of public opinion ..."
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