licentious

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The discourse was licentious -- the feats of thievery, the chosen topics of amusement and conversation.

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  1. adjective Lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct.
  2. adjective Having no regard for accepted rules or standards.

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  1. Latin licentiōsus, from licentia, freedom, license; see license.

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  1. from French licencieux = Spanish Portuguese licencioso = Italian licenzioso, from Latin licentiosus, full of license, unrestrained, from licentia, license: see license, n.
 

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/laɪˈsɛnʃəs/
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