"licentiousness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: licentiousnesses [plural]
Etymology: licentious + -ness Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|licentious|ness}} licentious + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} licentiousness (usually uncountable, plural licentiousnesses)
  1. The property of being licentious. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: debauchery Translations (Property of being licentious): բղջախոհություն (bġǰaxohutʿyun) (Armenian), wulpsheid (Dutch), wellustigheid (Dutch), riettaus (Finnish), irstaus (Finnish), siveettömyys (Finnish), hillittömyys (Finnish), licenciosité (French), licence [feminine] (French), Zügellosigkeit [feminine] (German), Freizügigkeit [feminine] (German), Unzüchtigkeit (english: sexually) [feminine] (German), פְּרִיצוּת (pritzút) (Hebrew), הוֹלֵלוּת (holelút) [feminine] (Hebrew), ainriantacht [feminine] (Irish), díolúnas [masculine] (Irish), drabhlás [masculine] (Irish), licenziosità (Italian), 猥褻 (waisetsu) (alt: わいせつ) (Japanese), licentiositas (Latin), licențiozitate [feminine] (Romanian), licenciosidad (Spanish), libertinaje [feminine] (Spanish), puterío [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-licentiousness-en-noun-Uvagv2w2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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      "sense": "Property of being licentious",
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