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Definition
inappropriate sexual behavior — especially in public behavior
- They stopped to look at her, laughing, and began jesting with unbridled licentiousness.Book 3 — The Sensualists (10% in)
- I was prevented, however, from making her an offer at the time by my selfishness, I was loath to part with the allurements of my free and licentious bachelor life in the heyday of my youth, and with my pockets full of money.Book 6 — The Russian Monk (32% in)
There are no more uses of "licentious" in The Brothers Karamazov.
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