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Meaning Of Wanton

  1. v. t.
    Untrained; undisciplined; unrestrained; hence, loose; free; luxuriant; roving; sportive.
  2. v. t.
    Wandering from moral rectitude; perverse; dissolute.
  3. v. t.
    Specifically: Deviating from the rules of chastity; lewd; lustful; lascivious; libidinous; lecherous.
  4. v. t.
    Reckless; heedless; as, wanton mischief.
  5. n.
    A roving, frolicsome thing; a trifler; -- used rarely as a term of endearment.
  6. n.
    One brought up without restraint; a pampered pet.
  7. n.
    A lewd person; a lascivious man or woman.
  8. v. i.
    To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.
  9. v. i.
    To sport in lewdness; to play the wanton; to play lasciviously.
  10. v. t.
    To cause to become wanton; also, to waste in wantonness.



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