dissoluteness

  • 71libertinism — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, license, licentiousness, profligacy. See RESTRAINT …

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  • 72licentiousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, profligacy. See RESTRAINT …

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  • 73profligacy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness. See RESTRAINT. 2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality,… …

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  • 74dissolute — (adj.) late 14c., loose, negligent, morally or religiously lax, from L. dissolutus loose, disconnected, pp. of dissolvere loosen up (see DISSOLVE (Cf. dissolve)). A figurative use of the classical Latin word. Related: Dissolutely; dissoluteness …

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  • 75luxury — (n.) c.1300, sexual intercourse; mid 14c., lasciviousness, sinful self indulgence, from O.Fr. luxurie debauchery, dissoluteness, lust (Mod.Fr. luxure), from L. luxuria excess, luxury, extravagance, profusion; delicacy (Cf. Sp. lujuria, It.… …

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  • 76dissolute — [ dɪsəlu:t] adjective overindulgent in sensual pleasures. Derivatives dissolutely adverb dissoluteness noun Origin ME: from L. dissolutus disconnected, loose , from dissolvere (see dissolve) …

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  • 77debauchery — n. 1. Excesses, dissipation, dissoluteness. 2. Licentiousness, lewdness. See debauch, n …

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  • 78dissipation — n. 1. Dispersion, scattering, vanishing. 2. Waste, squandering, lavish expenditure. 3. Dissoluteness, profligacy, excess, debauchery, loose living …

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  • 79excess — n. 1. Superfluity, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, disproportion, undue amount. 2. Surplus, overplus, remainder. 3. Intemperance, immoderation, over indulgence, dissoluteness, dissolute behavior or living, dissipation, debauchery. 4.… …

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  • 80irregularity — n. 1. Aberration, abnormity, anomaly, anomalousness, singularity. 2. Uncertainty, capriciousness, variableness, changeableness. 3. Want of method, lack of order. 4. Lack of symmetry. 5. Immorality, laxity, looseness, disorderliness, dissoluteness …

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