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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior. / (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.

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wantonness

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wantonness

Noun

uncountable usually countable dated

Japanese Meaning

（不可算）無分別さ、奔放さ、過度な自由奔放さや乱れた、欲望に走る行動の状態 / （可算、古い用法）特定の放蕩な、または過激な行為

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The wantonness of the city's rioters shocked even the most hardened residents.

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その街の暴徒たちの無差別な残虐行為は、最もたくましい住民でさえ驚かせた。

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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

The spirit of wantonness is, sure, scared out of him: if the devil have him not in fee-simple, with fine and recovery, he will never, I think, in the way of waste, attempt us again.

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