Wantonness

Origin

wanton + -ness

Full definition of wantonness

Noun

1. (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
• 1897, Bram_Stoker, Dracula, ch. 16,The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness.
2. (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
• 1882, John_G._Palfrey, History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty, Little Brown (Boston), v. 3, p. 366,These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.