Thesaurus: wanton

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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.
11. adj. occurring without motivation or provocation
12. adj. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior