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Definition of licentious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

licentious

adjective
 
/laɪˈsenʃəs/
 
/laɪˈsenʃəs/
 (formal, disapproving)
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  1. behaving in a way that is not considered sexually moralTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia ‘freedom’.
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