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wanton

adjective
  1. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wild. See restraint
  2. Marked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained: easy, fast, libertine, light 2, loose, whorish. See sex
  3. Not required, necessary, or warranted by the circumstances of the case: gratuitous, supererogative, supererogatory, uncalled-for. See necessary
noun
  1. An immoral or licentious person: libertine, profligate, rake 1. See sex
  2. A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety: baggage, hussy, jade, slattern, slut, tart 2, tramp, wench, whore. Slang: floozy. See sex

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