Meaning of Licentiousness | Babel Free
Definitions
The property of being licentious.
uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Examples
“... and well considered, me thinks this is one of the most censurable parts of this licentiousnesse, in regard it laboureth to taint the whole body of conversation, as it corrupteth the nature of words, which are the Publique Faith, whereupon all innocent discourse must needs trust it selfe, so that this perversion seemeth a publick impediment to the commerce of all vertuous communication ...”
“Early mentality, in initiating phallic worship, was never in any way guilty of licentiousness or obscenity.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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