The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
The ſpirit of vvantonness is, ſure, ſcared out of him: if the devil have him not in fee-ſimple, vvith fine and recovery, he vvill never, I think, in the vvay of vvaſte, attempt us again.
A particular wanton act.
These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.
From Middle English wantonnesse, wantonesse, wantounesse, wantownesse, equivalent to wanton + -ness.
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