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licentious

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛnʃəs
  • CMU ARPABET: L AY0 S EH1 N CH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Disregarding accepted rules.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • coarse and licentious men

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

Across languages

Translations

156 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: losbandig — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Arabic: إِبَاحِيّ (ʔibāḥiyy) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Armenian: լկտի (lkti) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Old Armenian: լկտի (lkti) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Bulgarian: разпуснат (razpusnat) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Bulgarian: разгулен (razgulen) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Danish: hæmningsløs — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Danish: utøjlet — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Danish: tøjlesløs — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Dutch: wellustig — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Dutch: wulps — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Dutch: licentieus — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Dutch: libertijns — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Dutch: losbandig — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: siveetön — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: rietas — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: estoton — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: epäsiveellinen — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: räävitön — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: hillitön — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Finnish: irstas — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • French: voluptueux — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • French: leste — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • French: libertin — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • French: polisson — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Georgian: უზნეო (uzneo) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • German: hemmungslos — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • German: zügellos — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • German: unzüchtig — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • German: ausschweifend — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Greek: ακόλαστος (akólastos) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ancient Greek: ἀσελγής (aselgḗs) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hebrew: הוֹלֵל (holél) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: उच्छृंखल (ucchŕṅkhal) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: व्यभिचारी (vyabhicārī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: निर्लज्ज (nirlajj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: स्वैरचारी (svaircārī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: लंपट (lampaṭ) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: कामी (kāmī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: पतित (patit) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: अनैतिक (anaitik) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: मनमाना (manmānā) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hindi: बेलगाम (belgām) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hungarian: szabados — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hungarian: kicsapongó — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Hungarian: ledér — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ido: licencema — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ido: licencoza — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ido: nechasta — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Irish: ainrianta — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Irish: drabhlásach — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: licenzioso — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: dissoluto — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: libertino — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: impudico — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: lascivo — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: boccaccesco — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Italian: scostumato — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Japanese: 猥褻な (waisetsu na) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Japanese: 如何わしい (ikagawashii) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Japanese: 淫逸な (in'itsu na) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Japanese: 淫乱な (inran na) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Korean: 음란하다 (eumnanhada) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Latin: licens — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Latin: licentiosus — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Latin: intemperāns — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Latin: lascīvus — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Latin: libīdinōsus — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Macedonian: блу́ден (blúden) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Manchu: ᡥᠠᠶᠠᠨ (hayan) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Norman: dêvèrgondé — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Old Church Slavonic: блѫдьнъ (blǫdĭnŭ) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Polish: wszeteczny — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Polish: rozpustny — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Polish: rozwiązły — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: licencioso — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: libertino — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: devasso — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: impudico — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: lascivo — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Portuguese: libidinoso — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Romanian: licențios — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Russian: безнра́вственный (beznrávstvennyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Russian: распу́щенный (raspúščennyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Russian: развра́тный (razvrátnyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Russian: блудный (bludnyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: उच्छृङ्खल (ucchṛṅkhala) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: व्यभिचारी (vyabhicārī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: निर्लज्ज (nirlajja) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: स्वैरचारी (svairacārī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: लम्पट (lampaṭa) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: कामी (kāmī) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: पतित (patita) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Sanskrit: अनैतिक (anaitika) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Scottish Gaelic: drùiseach — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: preslobodan — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: raspušten — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̏скала̄шан — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра́звратан — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: preslobodan — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: raspušten — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȁskalāšan — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Serbo-Croatian: rázvratan — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Slovene: razuzdan — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Spanish: licencioso — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Spanish: disoluto — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Swedish: lössläppt — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Tagalog: haliparót — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Tagalog: malanyâ — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Tagalog: talipandás — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ukrainian: розпусний (rozpusnyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ukrainian: розкутий (rozkutyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Ukrainian: розгульний (rozhulʹnyj) — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Vietnamese: trai lơ — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Vietnamese: phong lưu — lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
  • Old Armenian: արձակ (arjak) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Bulgarian: разюздан (razjuzdan) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Bulgarian: непокорен (nepokoren) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Bulgarian: разхайтен (razhajten) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Catalan: llicenciós — disregarding accepted rules
  • Danish: oprørsk — disregarding accepted rules
  • Danish: egenrådig — disregarding accepted rules
  • Dutch: non-conformistisch — disregarding accepted rules
  • Dutch: vrijgevochten — disregarding accepted rules
  • Dutch: losbandig — disregarding accepted rules
  • Esperanto: senbrida — disregarding accepted rules
  • Finnish: vallaton — disregarding accepted rules
  • Finnish: pidäkkeetön — disregarding accepted rules
  • Finnish: estoton — disregarding accepted rules
  • Finnish: räävitön — disregarding accepted rules
  • Finnish: hillitön — disregarding accepted rules
  • French: licencieux — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: regellos — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: willkürlich — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: unorthodox — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: ungehörig — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: ungebührlich — disregarding accepted rules
  • German: sittenwidrig — disregarding accepted rules
  • Greek: ελευθέριος (elefthérios) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Irish: ainrianta — disregarding accepted rules
  • Italian: licenzioso — disregarding accepted rules
  • Japanese: 破格の (hakaku-no) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Korean: 방자한 (bangjahan) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Latin: luxurians — disregarding accepted rules
  • Macedonian: ра́зуздан (rázuzdan) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Manx: neusmaghtagh — disregarding accepted rules
  • Portuguese: licencioso — disregarding accepted rules
  • Portuguese: atrevido — disregarding accepted rules
  • Portuguese: indisciplinado — disregarding accepted rules
  • Portuguese: insolente — disregarding accepted rules
  • Romanian: licențios — disregarding accepted rules
  • Russian: во́льный (vólʹnyj) — disregarding accepted rules
  • Serbo-Croatian: ра̏зузда̄н — disregarding accepted rules
  • Serbo-Croatian: rȁzuzdān — disregarding accepted rules
  • Tagalog: talipandás — disregarding accepted rules
  • Ukrainian: вільний (vilʹnyj) — disregarding accepted rules