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Noun: libertinism  'li-bu(r)-tee,ni-zum
  1. A lifestyle or pattern of behaviour characterized by self-indulgence and lack of restraint, especially one involving sexual promiscuity and rejection of religious or other moral authority.
    "Only on college campuses do remnants of libertinism linger. That worries public-health officials, who are witnessing an explosion of sexually transmitted diseases."
     
  2. Licentious conduct; debauchery; lewdness
    - libertinage
     
  3. Licentiousness of principle or opinion
    - libertinage

Derived forms: libertinisms

Type of: indecency

Encyclopedia: Libertinism