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Wanton

adjective

1.

Occurring without motivation or provocation. Synonyms: motiveless, unprovoked. "Unprovoked and dastardly attack"

2.

Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. Synonyms: easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish. "He was told to avoid loose (or light) women" , "Wanton behavior"

noun

1.

Lewd or lascivious woman.

verb

(past & past part. wantoned; pres. part. wantoning)

1.

Waste time; spend one's time idly or inefficiently. Synonyms: piddle, piddle away, trifle, wanton away.

2.

Indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life.

3.

Spend wastefully. Synonyms: trifle away, wanton away.

4.

Become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously. Synonym: luxuriate.

5.

Engage in amorous play.

6.

Behave extremely cruelly and brutally.

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... point out any defects and excesses of which Byron was guilty at this period beyond what were common to other fashionable young men of rank and leisure, except a spirit of religious scepticism and impiety, and a wanton and inexcusable recklessness in regard to women, which made him a slave to his passions. The first alienated him, so far as he was known, from the higher respectable classes, who generally were punctilious ...

— Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIII • John Lord

... February 5 to the effect that stringent instructions had been given to the British troops to respect private property. 'All wanton destruction or injury to peaceful inhabitants is contrary to British practice and tradition, and will, if necessary, be rigorously repressed by me.' He added that it was an untrue statement that ...

— The War in South Africa - Its Cause and Conduct • Arthur Conan Doyle

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