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wantonness
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wantonness \Wan"ton*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of
restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
--Gower.
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The tumults threatened to abuse all acts of grace, and
turn them into wantonness. --Eikon
Basilike.
[1913 Webster]
Young gentlemen would be as sad as night
Only for wantonness. --Shak.
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